1. VOCABULARY WEEK ONE Prepared by Mrs. Whitehead

2. asinine The phone solicitor asked so many ASININE questions that I finally hung up. http://www.letlifehappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/phone-angry-woman-feature.jpg

3. asinine Pronounced: AS ih nine Part of speech: adjective Definition: Silly; stupid

4. dolt The frustrated teacher said he had a class full of DOLTS. http://www.timesandseasons.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/277011545_32336341f7.jpeghttp://www.timesandseasons.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/277011545_32336341f7.jpeg.

5. dolt Pronounced: DOHLT Part of speech: noun Definition: a stupid person

6. draconian Judge McNamara handed down a DRACONIAN sentence to the defendant, sixty days for littering. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7293044658_fd3168e7e4.jpg

7. draconian Pronounced: dray KOH nee un Part of speech: adjective Definition: hard, severe, cruel

8. efface To assure that he left no clues, the thief EFFACED his fingerprints from the stolen car. http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/129/141/6/S1291416/slug/l/151192421-2.jpg

9. efface Pronounced: uh FACE Part of speech: verb Definition: to rub away

10. feign Elizabeth FEIGNED illness in order to stay home from school the day of her final exam in math. http://ihatebeige.weebly.com/uploads/3/4/2/2/3422225/1356117642.jpg

11. feign Pronounced: fayn Part of speech: verb Definition: to give a false appearance; to pretend

12. indolence Christopher may get by in high school, but college professors will never put up with such INDOLENCE. http://my.telegraph.co.uk/expat/files/2011/04/teens-lazy-2.jpg

13. indolence Pronounced: IN doh lents Part of speech: adjective Definition: lazy

14. panache It was evident by the woman’s PANACHE that she was a member of the royal family. http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/106/590x/KATE-407281.jpg

15. panache Pronounced: pa NASH Part of speech: noun Definition: Dashing elegance of manner or style

16. peccadillo Bob couldn’t believe he could be punished for the PECCADILLO of not cleaning his room at boarding school. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02676/messy-bedroom_2676731b.jpg

17. peccadillo Pronounced: pek ah DIL oh Part of speech: noun Definition: a slight or trifling sin; a minor offense

18. quaff I offered her a sip, but she QUAFFED the entire soda. http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/5LoErYdEoJ8/hqdefault.jpg

19. quaff Pronounced: kwaf Part of speech: verb Definition: to drink heartily

20. respite Although Ed believed he had escaped punishment, when the dean came to get him he realized he had only gotten a RESPITE. http://blogs.yu.edu/healthalerts/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2011/03/mental-health-counselor.jpg

21. respite Pronounced: RES pit Part of speech: noun Definition: Delay; postpone; a brief interval of rest