5th Period Vocabulary

By:Zach ThompsonEverett Taylor&Marqueisha Walker

5th Period Vocabulary

Vacuous (adj.): Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindlessKyle acted quite vacuous when he pulled out his cheat sheet for the test in front of the teacher.

REPRESS (V.): Subdue (someone or something) by forceThe prison guardian repressed the criminal trying to escape through the window.

PERMEATE (v.):Spread throughout (something); pervadeI could feel the poison permeate my veins, drawing me closer to death.

Illegitimate (adj.):Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rulesYour jacket is illegitimate, please take it off or I will have to send you home.

Emigrating (v.):Leaving ones own country in order to settle permanently in anotherMiguel emigrated to America to find a job so he could send money to his family in Mexico.

Oppression (N.):Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or controlOppression from the King has taken both my sons lives and cost me my livelihood.

Conscience (n.):An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of ones behaviorMy conscience is telling me to buy my friend a sandwich, even though he is a freeloader and has his own money to spend.

Having no or insufficient voluntary control over urination or defecation.The old lady was very kind and a little incontinent.Incontinent (adj.):

Communist (n.):A person who supports or believes in the principles of communism Joseph Stalin was a well-known communist for Russia in World War II.

Unscathed (adj.):Without suffering any injury, damage, or harmSomeone ran their car into the gas station; luckily, everyone came out unscathed.

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