Monday, February 4, 2013

spring vocal #2

Praetorian: having power of a person who administers law

  • p= power ; prae= looks like predetor 

Sieve: Utensil of a wire of plastic mesh strain.

  • s: strain, scatter, spread spoon (utensil)
Veiled: Partially concealed

  • bride veil
Saccharine: artificial sweetener

  • s: sugar
Harlequin: mute character pantomime; clown
Toil: work extremely hard

  • t: tough, hard
Delinquent: Young person who has committed minor crimes

  • d: dangerous > crimes
Gibbering: speaking rapidly, unintelligibly

  • g: gibberish
Insidious: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way with harmful side affects.

  • movie insidious: harmful events
Strewn: scatter or spread
s: scatter 

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