VOCAB WEEK 5

1. incessant Her incessant talking during the movie started to annoy me. Ms. Mitchell felt like her grading over 140 essays was incessant.

1. incessant (adj.) never stopping, going on all the time

2. intricate The instruction manual was extremely intricate in its details. The Christmas lights on the house were very intricate.

2. intricate (adj.) complicated, difficult to understand

3. lucid The medicine made me drowsy to the point that I was no longer lucid. When a person’s temperature gets too high, they may not be lucid and may have difficulty thinking.

3. lucid (adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

4. posthumous He died before he could release his novel, so his son released it as posthumous piece. Many famous authors have had posthumous novels released years after their death.

4. posthumous (adj.) occurring or published after death

5. prim The ballerina had to be prim and proper on and off the stage. She was too prim to enjoy the crude jokes made by her friends.

5. prim (adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

6. sardonic He has a very sardonic humor that makes others feel mocked. After her cold and sardonic comment about my dirty car, I washed it.

6. sardonic (adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

7. superfluous Her family made superfluous cookies that were not all eaten. The teacher answers too many superfluous questions, because her students don’t always pay attention.

7. superfluous (adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess

8. supplant Social media is used to supplant phone calls and letters. The moon supplants the sun in the sky after the sunset.

8. supplant (v.) to take the place of, supersede

9. taunt Little boys taunt little girls by pulling their hair. If you taunt the orcas, they might want to kill you.

9. taunt (v.) to jeer at, mock

10. tenacious Leaders have to be tenacious when they are trying to get elected. The tenacious teacher would not quit until she read each book in the Divergent series.

10. tenacious (adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent