Vocabulary words 61 -70
Quiz on these words on Thursday Jan. 17,2002
61. amorphous - shapeless. Instead of resembling a layer cake, it looked like an amorphous blob of icing.
62. anarchy - state of disorder, lacking a government. After overthrowing the king, the island was thrown into a state of anarchy.
63.apathetic - indifferent, don't care. The fans were so apathetic they didn't even cheer for their team.
64. aphorism - short saying expressing a truth. Ben Franklin stated the aphorism, " a penny saved is a penny earned."
65. appartition - ghost. While doing his math homework, he thought he saw an apparition of his old math teacher come back to haunt him.
66.approbation = approval. She looked for some sign of approbation from her parents for her great science project.
67. artifice - trick or deception. Saying I was going to the library was just an artifice to get out of the house at night.
68. assuage - ease, lessen. Paying me $10 will assuage the pain of cleaning my room.
69.assail - attack, assault. The crowd of reporters began to assail the president with questions.
70. atone - pay for, make up for. He was sentenced to five years in prison to atone for his crimes.
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