Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Vocab Words

1) Paradox- n. A statment that despite sound reasoning, comes to a conclusion that is not logical or reasonable.
2) Sovereign- n. a supreme ruler
3) Commission- n. the authority to perform certain tasks
4) Resolution- n. a firm decision to do or not to do something
5) Malefaction- n. a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
6) Firmament- n. the heavens or the sky when talked about as a tangible thing
7) Tedious- adj. too slow or dull, boring and monotonous
8) Pestilent- adj. destructive to life
9) Pious- adj. devoutly religious
10) Promontory- n. a point of high land that rises out of water.

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