Vocabulary 2-25-08
1 Embezzle (verb)-To misappropriate, or appropriate fraudulently to one’s own use.
2 Emaciate (verb)-To make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. (Starvation)
3 Obsolete (adjective)-No longer in general use. “An obsolete battleship”
4 Obviate (verb)-To anticipate and prevent or eliminate by effective measures.
5 Penchant (noun)- A strong inclination, taste, or liking for something.
6 Paucity (noun)-Small in quantity. “A country with a paucity of resources.”
7 Sycophant (noun)- a self-seeking, servile flatterer. Flatterer, toady.
8 Taut (adjective)- Tightly Drawn, tense, not slack.
9 Tenuous (adjective)-Weak, vague, thin o slender in form
10 Tenacity (noun)-the quality or property of being tenacious. Tending to retain, clinging to another object or surface.