Monday, March 14, 2011

Vocabulary 4

feign(v.)-to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
oringinal sentence: The letter covered seventeen handwritten pages,its tone jumping from self-pity to anger and irony to guilt to a kind of feigned indifference."
my sentence: To feign sickness is a bad habit. 
I used my logic on this word because i have used this word many times.

inevitable(adj.)-unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped;
oringinal sentence:Ahenever took it off, not even in the classroom, and so it was inevitable that she took some teasing about it."
my sentence: The day i turn 18 is inevitable.
I used context clues to know this word.

profound(adj.)-penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep  insight or understanding
oringinal sentence: Down inside I had important things to tell her, but i couldn't make any words come out."        my sentence: I fell into a profound sleep.
I used the words around the word porfound to define the meaning of this word.

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