Monday, August 27, 2012

Vocab Sentences

Accolade:
The student received an accolade for his achievement in school.
Acerbity:
The critic, best known for his acerbity writing, wrote about a subject that he loved.
Attrition:
The school had a massive rate of attrition after budget cuts forced the dropping of many programs.
Bromide:
The teacher taught in a bromide tone.
Chauvinist:
The general was a Chauvinist.  He was willing to do anything in the name of his country.
Chronic:
The woman with chronic back pain decided to go to the doctor to have it checked out.
Expound:
The ranger gave an expound lecture on the history of the national park.
Factionalism:
The country factionalism in nature, being split up into so many states.
Immaculate:
The diamond was immaculate, free from all the flaws of the world.
Imprecation:
The witch put a imprecation on the poor man.
Ineluctable:
The meteor heading towards Earth was ineluctable.
Mercurial:
The mercurial cartoon brought laughter to the girl's mornings.
Palliate:
The medicine only palliated the illness.
Protocol:
The checking of luggage is only protocol, nothing more.
Resplendent:
The star shined resplendently in the night sky.
Stigmatize:
The banished prince was stigmatized by the commoners.
Sub rosa:
The conference was sub rosa and was kept private from the public.
Vainglory:
The valedictorian was vainglory about his achievement.
Vestige:
Fossils are a vestige way of showing what lived on Earth in the past.
Volition:
The flag was brought down with the man's own vilition.

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