Monday, March 31, 2008

Vocab

1. Precipitously

2. I looked at the word and saw that it was an adverb, then I broke the word down in parts to try to understand the meaning.

3. People say that the twin towers in New York went down rapidly and precipitously

4. Precipitously- steeply



1) Penitentiary

2) I looked at the words before and after the word, and inferred the meaning.

3) After steeling videos from a store, the criminal was sent to the penitentiary.

4) Penitentiary- prison


1) Demonize

2) I noticed it was a verb and broke down the word into parts to understand the meaning.

3) The criminal demonized the town just to cause harm

4) cause to appear evil to others