ST LUCYS HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES

“ST. LUCY’S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES” VOCABULARY

LANGUID • Those hot, humid days usually make everyone languid and quiet. It’s so difficult to get anything accomplished. • Adjective - Relaxed and lazy

ERADICATION • In 1958, with smallpox still killing two million people a year, the World Health Organization pledged its eradication in the near future. Noun – complete removal or destruction

APTITUDE AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, I HAD NO APTITUDE FOR MATHEMATICS; THEREFORE, I CHOSE A CAREER IN WRITING. Noun - a natural ability to do something

GRIMACE With a grimace, she dragged herself next to a tree stump and leaned against it, exhausted after the grueling race. Noun - an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust or pain

OSTRACIZE • Bill knew his community would ostracize him after his release from prison so he moved to another town. • Verb - exclude (someone) from a society or group

TAUNT • They taunt each other whenever they have the chance and oftentimes want to anger the other but don't intend to follow through. • Verb - provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.

IMPROVISE • When the teleprompter stopped working, the news anchor had to improvise the last portion of the broadcast with what he remembered from earlier. • Verb – to produce or make (something) from whatever is available

SHUNNED Shunned by both family and friends, he moved out of the country to start a new life. Verb- the act of having ignored someone on purpose, or the act of having been left out and ignored.

CONJURE • It had been years since I saw her face, but I was often able to conjure an image of her in my head. • Verb - to summon or bring about

DOUR Because the coach was disappointed in his team’s behavior, he wore a dour expression when he gave his post-game speech. • Adjective - forbidding and stern

PERFUNCTORY • Because Anne has done the same tasks at work for many years, she does them in a perfunctory way. Adjective - done routinely and with little interest or care

DAINTY Our newborn girl clasps her long dainty fingers in a tight fist. Adjective - pleasantly small, delicate

PURGATORY • Because Jake hated to sit still for a long period of time, he viewed his upcoming eight-hour flight as purgatory. Noun - a situation that causes misery

OMINOUS • In the horror movie, the stupid teenagers ignore the ominous events and go inside the mysterious house on the hill. Adjective - suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future

RUDIMENTARY • Even though Lorenzo showed only rudimentary skills, his enthusiasm for sculpting indicated that he would soon be a master of the craft. Adjective - basic; minimal; undeveloped

INDUCEMENT Snakes are the most stationary of all vertebrates; as long as a locality provides them food and shelter they have no inducement to change it. Noun - an attempt to persuade or influence