Vocab. 3

Repudiate

repudiate - to reject with disapproval or condemnation

In Pirates of the Caribbean 3, the British Navy told the pirates to stop being pirates, or they would continue to hunt them down. But did those pirates surrender? NOPE. They repudiated the order and chose to fight against the navy. Go them.

Relapse

relapse - to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery

House, besides being the best tv show on the air, has great examples, in every episode of the word relapse. Every episode follows a pattern: at the beginning of the show you see the patient get bad, then, once in the hospital, they get worse. Then there's always a short time period where they seem to have gotten better, but then they get even worse then they were before.

Sanguine

sanguine - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

This comic strip made me laugh. The guy in the black suit on the right is sanguine.

Austere

austere - strict in manner or appearance

The principal from The Breakfast Club is austere. He won't hesitate to give you detention again if you talk back to him.

Baleful

baleful - harmful

Many people don't know this, but the platypus is a baleful animal. It can hurt you. How? It has sharp spurs on its ankles that actually inject venom.