Vocabulary Week 13

Just looking at this picture gives me a sensation of vertigo!
James felt a dizzying sensation of vertigo as he rose to his feet and he closed his eyes.

The supreme court is probably the most punitive group in the US.

"She must be the most punitive teach ever! I've never had a detention before!"

I love how the two men in the cartoon look like crooks! It reminds me other the way that lots of people are constantly trying to get money, as opposed to squandering it.

There should have been a large sign saying "Squander." The room was full of luxurious furniture, paintings in golden frames and plates of food on every surface.

Poor old man! He looks so forlorn and depressed.

Nora looked forlorn after she read the note. "We're never going to make it in time!"

The news reporter is attempting to avoid libelling, so as not to make anyone upset. It is funny, because that is unrealistic.

Both candidates managed to libel the groups of concern, who proceded to be outraged.

revere-v.-- to regard with respect tinged with awe.
vertigo-n.-- a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
punitive-adj.-- serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment.
slander-n.-- words falsely spoken that damage the name of another.
squander-v.-- to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully.
panache-n.-- a grand or flamboyant manner.
forlorn-adj.-- desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable as in feeling, condition or appearance.
quell-v.-- to supress, put an end to, extinguish.
concision-n.-- concise quality; brevity; terseness.
libel-v.-- to misrepresent damagingly.
defamation-n.-- false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another; a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
misdirection-n.-- a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction; (Law) an error made by a juge in charging the jury.