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The Pigman's Vocab.
Language Arts( Vocabulary)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subliminally | perceived below the conscious level |
| commemorative | to honor the memory of someone |
| epic | a long poem or story that tells the tales of a hero |
| destructive | causing lots of damage |
| innocent | not guilty of doing something wrong |
| antagonistic | annoying |
| disdain | to show anger |
| prevarication | lie |
| phenomenal | extraordinary |
| severed | to cut |
| anxiety | nervous |
| fanatic | to do something to the extreme |
| infantile | baby- like, or childish |
| nocturnal | active at night |
| phony | fake or not real |
| subsidize | to aid with money |
| absurd | ridiculous *Sentence*- the scores on the test are absurd |
| Erosion | to waste away or to destroy little by little *Sentence*- The beach was destroyed by erosion. |
| Mulled | to think over for a long time *Sentence*- I had to mulled over my spelling words that my teacher asked me weeks ago. |
| Perpetual | to last forever *Sentence*- His problem seem to perpetual,never ending. |
| Suspicious | a feeling that something isn't right *Sentence*-i felt suspicious when i saw the woman with a bag of gold with a black mask on. |
| fixated | stuck on |
| interrogating | to ask a question |
| mundane | bored |
| berserk | crazy |
| Succinct | brief and clear |
| strenuous | require lots of energy |
| deceased | no longer living;died- Mr. pignati A most deceased |
| disheartened | to be depress-I was disheartened when I failed My test |
| exaggerated | stretch the truth |
| forsaken | abandon- I walked past the old forsaken house. |
| hysterical | uncontrollable emotion |
| proficiency | being skilled- I have dance proficiency |