Wednesday, September 23, 2015

English 10 -- Period 6

Your first 10 vocabulary words are as follows:

  1. bias -- leaning towards or against an idea, issue, person, or group
  2. fallacious -- based on a mistaken belief
  3. anthropomorphic -- attribution of human qualities to animals
  4. hiatus -- a pause in a process
  5. belligerent -- to be hostile and aggressive
  6. vigil -- a state of wakefulness during sleeping hours; keeping watch at night
  7. epigram -- a short, humorous or satirical saying
  8. intercede -- to act on another's behalf or to smooth out troubles between two parties
  9. omnipotent -- all-powerful
  10. murmuration -- the act of murmuring (speaking indistinctly)