revere -to show devoted deferential honor to : regard as worthy of great honor
Example: I revere the late great Walt Whitman because of his different style of writing.
vertigo -: a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily b: a dizzy confused state of mind
Example: karen had vertigo the other day when she was on the gondola, she just couldn't find her bearings.
punitive - : inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
The nuns resorted not to verbal threats, but intimidation and punative punishments in order to keep the Catholic school kids in line.
slander - to utter slander against
I slandered the name of a coworker at work and therefore was fired henceforth.
squander - to spend extravagantly or foolishly
My brother freaquently squanders his money away, almost as if he has a hole in his pocket.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
VOCABULARY WEEK 13
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