VOCAB WORDS

CONTRITION

• A feeling of regret for doing wrong
• I felt contrition after kicking my cat.

PROMONTORY

• A high ridge of land or rock jutting out
• The promontory rose of the ground with great ruggedness.

SUPPLICATION

• A humble request or prayer.
• I supplicated for a new car.

INQUISITIVE

• Curious or inquiring
• I was inquisitive about the new house.

PERSISTENCE

• The act of refusing to stop or be changed
• The kid showed great persistence for a new toy.

INCREDULOUS

• Doubtful or disbelieving
• I was incredulous with the existence of ghost

MORPH

• To transform completely in appearance or character
• The caterpillar morphed into a butterfly

OPT

• Eye
• She looked at the optical illusion.

HOST

• Enemy stranger
• The parasite feasted on the host.

LEG

• Law
• The legislative branch creates laws.

INSTIGATE

• To stir up, or provoke
• I instigated the cat.

VESTIBULE

• A small entryway within a building
• The vestibule was very narrow.

AGILE

• Able to move quickly and easy
• The athlete was very agile.

FALTER

• To hesitate from lack or courage or confident
• The boy faltered to talk to the girl.

RANSACK

• To search or examine vigorously
• The burglar ransacked the house.

PRUDENCE

• The use of good judgement or common sense.
• The old man showed great prudence to choose the winner.

RAVAGE

• Serious damage
• The tornado ravaged through the city.

ASSERTION

• A statement
• The boy answered with an assertion.

COVETED

• Greedily desired or wished for
• The man coveted a new house.

CHRONICLE

• A record of events
• The whole series of events was a chronicle.

ACCLIMATIZATION

• The act of getting accustomed to a new climate or environment
• The man acclimated to the new environment and climate.

APLOMB

• Poise, self-assurance
• The ballerina danced with aplomb.

ARDUOS

• Requiring much effort or difficult
• The arduous journey up the mountain took 10 weeks.

BANAL

• Commonplace or trite
• School is a daily banal.

CREVASSE

• A deep crack or split in a glacier
• The boy fell into the deep crevasse.

DEMEANOR

• A way of behaving or manner
• The gentleman showed excellent demeanor.

INEVITABILITY

• Something that is certain to happen.
• Death was inevitable.

INSURMOUNTABLE

• Impossible to overcome
• The idea of traveling to the sun is insurmountable.

PARAMOUNT

• Of the highest importance
• The principal was the paramount of the school.

TRANSCEND

• To pass beyond the limits of
• The boy transcended to college.