Vocabulary 3/31/09

Ominous: Menacing; threathing
Scalawages: rascals, shameless
Commence: begin; start
Tremor: shaking or vibrating movement

2/05/09 vocabulary

Inadequate: not good enough for what is needed
Blunt: rudely straightforward or honest
Laurel: an evergreen shrub or tree with aromatic leaves
Malaria: a disease  in the blood caused by the bite of a mosquito
Hemlocks: coniferous evergreen trees belonging to the pine family