Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Week 9 Vocabulary

Vocabulary List Week 9:


1. Atrocity - an extremely cruel and wicked act

2. Malevolence – the quality of wishing evil or harm on people

3. Sagacious - having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; intelligent

4. Chimera - a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination

5. Docility - easily managed or handled; teachable

6. Conflagration - a destructive fire

7. Odious - deserving or causing hatred

8. Perverseness - willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; disobedient

9. Phantasm - a creation of the imagination or fancy; fantasy

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