week 6 day 2

red-letter day

day of happiness, time for rejoicing (holidays are red-letter days on our calendars) My red-letter day came when I was chosen as senior class president.

deride

(dɪˈraɪd), to ridicule, scoff* at The Wright brothers didn't become distraught* when a skeptic would deride their work. who like to deride the efforts of junior geniuses.

precocious

(prɪˈkoʊʃəs), reaching maturity early, having developed certain abilities The children in Shakespeare's plays are so precocious that they all sound like grandparents. My buddy Verne, a precocious automotive wizard,

perfunctory

(pərˈfʌŋktəri), done without care, superficial, minimum effort Edith gave only perfunctory attention to the new millennium, skipping our New Year's Eve party. We thought it might be feasible* to park a car parallel to a space on the street.After a perfunctory glance at our plans,

perverse

(pərˈvɜːrs), contrary, persisting in error When I correct my kid brother's math errors, he is perverse enough to insist that he is right. Tomorrow we are going to start on a computer that will enable us to measure the intelligence of perverse automobile dealers

chagrin

(ʃəˈɡrɪn), feeling of disappointment, humiliation To the chagrin of many taxpayers, some citizens seem to cheat the government with impunity.* to our chagrin Ed snorted that our idea was inane,*