Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Vocabulary Sentences 1-16

1. Rakish: More recently Mercedes returned to the rakish style with their sleek CLS.

2. Hastily: His disordered dress showed that he had been hastily aroused from sleep.

3. Haggard: The people had a a haggard look to them, far thinner than they should be.

4. Tertiary: Instead, it will seek deals in secondary and even tertiary cities, where investment markets are fledglings.

5. Vaulted: A heavy black pall covered the vault of the heavens.

6. Brazen: In a brazen assault, the gang fired their weapons at policemen.

7. Emancipated: During the American Civil War Owen urged Abraham Linclon to force the South to emancipate.

8. Divulge: He had to divulge the identity of the car dealer.

9. Reiterate: Today we'd like to reiterate the importance of protecting our homes.

10. Jockey: The jockey said that his horse could gallop fast.

11. Beleaguer: We are beleaguered by problems.

12. Spasmodic: Yet we still make spasmodic efforts to dress ourselves in the colors of medieval feudalism.

13. His paroxysm of rage over, he went on his way without once looking back.

14. Ascetic: he became a very famous ascetic, with a large following of fans.

15. Parapet: The surrounding brickwork of the parapet wall is loose.

16. Traversed: The ledge was traversed to gain a short high level oxbow on the left.