Vocab 11/4

1. ruinous- disastrous or destructive.

- The rain this past weekend was not ruinous.

2. quavered- (of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

- My voice quavered when I had to say my speech in front of the class.  

3. certitude- absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case.

- The jury's conviction on the defendant was guilty. 

4. notch- an indentation or incision on an edge or surface.

- The notch was at the end of the flashlight we used. 

5. perspired- give out sweat through the pores of the skin as the result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.

- Tommy perspired while he had volleyball practice. 

6. manifested- display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

- Sandra manifested her caring side when she volunteered at the hospital. 

7. latrine- a toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.

- There were latrines at my camp I went to in sixth grade. 

8. uttered- make (a sound) with one's voice.

- My mom uttered something under her breath, but I didn't hear it. 

9. parried- ward off (a weapon or attack), especially with a countermove.

- The navy parried while fighting against their enemy.  

10. oracle- a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

- A long time ago there were oracles. 

11.conscious- aware of responding to ones surroundings 

- I was unconsiouse while getting a tooth pulled. 

12.feigning- pretending be be effected by something. 

- She was feigning the words her mom said to her. 

13. Leisurely- relaxed

- I leisurely walked to the fridge on my day off. 

14.conjure- make something appear unexpectedly 

- A witch conjured up a potion. 

15. anesthetized- to administer and anesthetic

- The doctor anesthetized his patient  

16. tyranny- a nation under acruel  oroppressive  government 

- The place were i uses to live was a tyranny. 

17. folly- a lack of good sence

- She had a folly in her homework. 

18. dreary- dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing.

- While looking out the window I saw a it looked very dreary. 
19. grotesque- 

comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.

- The scene after a car accedent is very grotesque. 

20. reckoning- the action or process of calculating or estimating something.

- The student reckoning the math problem.