Speak Vocabulary

1. Obscene- offensive to morality or decency.

-Yes its clunky, silly and often downright Obscene.

2. Abstinence- Denying self any form of indulgence, appetite, or craving

-Catholics and Christians pratice Abstinence.

3. Savant- a person of learning.

-Back when i was a Savant we had to write 20 page essays and would have to copy whatever was on the black board.

4. Thespian- dramatic actor.

-Most Thespians were in drama classes or drama clubs back in hight school and middle school.

5. Fascism- a political pholosophy, movement or regime that exalys nation and often race
above the individual and that stands for a government headed by a dictorial leader

-Millions of people shed their blood to defeat fascism in the second world war.

6. Predator- one that preys, destroys, or devours

- The lion is one of Africa's most nortorious predators who hunts for feild roaming animals. I'd name a few but im not sure how to spell them.

7. Indoctrination- instruct, with doctrines, theories, beliefs can aslo be brainwashing

-Teachers indoctrinate students of practices of a new discuorse.

8. Morphing- a special effect process used in film making or video production in which a person
or an object seems to change shape, form, etc., in a smooth way, created in a digital environment.

-As the portal through time and space opened up everything around it stared morphing into odd shapes.

9. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-is an anxiety disorder that occurs in the
aftermath of a traumatic even. Examples are rape and natural disasters. PSTD is diagnosed 6 months after the event.

-My grandpa had PTSD after the vietnam war.

10. Potpourri- A mixture of flour, herbs, and spices, that is usually kept in a jar and used for its scent.

My mom keeps a jar of potpourri in our living room to freshen it up.

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13. Synchronized- two or more objects working at the same time/rate.

-when i hook my iPod up to my computer i Synchronize the two of them so that i get all the music i downloaded onto my iPod.

14. Insparation- an inspiring or animation action or influence

-Most of my inspirations are either guitar players, my good good best friends or a public speaker like a youth leader or something.

15. Expiration- a coming to and end

-Throw that milk away its past its expiration date.

16. Floundering- to make clumsy attempts to make or regain one's balance.

-I saw ashley after that party friday night and sh was so wasted that she was floundering all over the place.

17. Blather- to talk without making sence.

-Jim just blathers to me like he's insane.

18. Interim- a temporary arrangement, stopgap, make shift

-when the two survivors of the plane crash decided to leave the island they made an interim raft to escape hoping they'd find a ship of some sort.

19. Drones- a male ee, especially a honey bee that is charactristically stingless, performs no work and produces no honey.

-no one likes julian or cameron. they are like the drones of high school, no one likes them because they dont do any work.

20. Xenophobic- a person who is very fearful or disliking of foreigners, people from other countries, or strangers.

-I think I may be xenophobic because mexicans scare me, i dont know why but they do. not to be racist or anything.

21.Sun Shadow Mandala- Mandalas are symbolic, circular designs that represent outer(sun) and inner (shadow) dimensions of a pesonality.

-My teacher talks a lot about the sun shadow mandala. she says that we need to express ourselves through our presonality and not stay in the shadows.

22. Redemption - the act or process of redeeming or the state of being redeemed

-My redemption is the only thing that'll get me into heaven, without it i am damned to hell says the bible.

23. Abysmal- extremly ofr hopelessly bad or severe

-Last thanks giving was so abysmal, nothing seemed to go as planned.

24. Demuret- Characterized by shyness and modesty;reserved

-I am usually very demuret, i dont know why its just who i am.

25. Bigoted- utterly intolerant of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.

-A lot of red necks are bigots against other races.

26. Asphyxiated- to cause to die or lose conciousness

-The woman had asphyxiated after she had been strangled becasue of the lack of air.

27. Clissical- Characteristic of greek and roman antiquity.

-My art teacher listened to classical music durring lass and it was really annoying.

28. Cubism- a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized by the emphasis on formal structure-gememetrical shapes.

-Many painters back in the 17th and 18th century used cubism in their art.