1. Vocabulary
Sarah Woodard

2. Innocuous Not harmful or offensive
ih-nok-yoo-uh
Adjective
Innocuously: adverb, Innocuousness: noun
Not harmful or offensive
Some seemingly innocuous foods can be lethal for dogs.
In is not and something bad doesn’t knock to come in so it is not knocking. Its in knock uous

3. Pernicious Causing harm or being hurtful or deadly
per-nish-uhs
Adjective
Perniciously: adverb; Perniciousness: noun
Causing harm or being hurtful or deadly
He is in denial that his gambling problem may be pernicious.
It rhymes with malicious, which means harm

4. Ubiquitous Existing or being everywhere; ever present
yoo-bik-wi-tuhs
Adjective
Ubiquitously: adverb Ubiquitousness: noun
Existing or being everywhere; ever present
Personal computers have become ubiquitous in our country.
The end looks like the end of mosquito and mosquitoes are everywhere here in the summer

5. Punctilious
puhngk-til-ee-uhs
Adjective
Punctiliously: adverb Punctiliousness: noun
Precise, showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
I was surprised I didn’t receive my teachers punctilious comments on my essay.
Punctual means precisely on time

6. Excoriate To criticize very harshly; burning
ik-skawr-ee-yet
Verb
Excoriation: noun
To criticize very harshly; burning
He was excoriated for his mistakes
Reminded me of exile which is a harsh punishment