vocab - (23 may 2016)

WORDS	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Treacherous	i)                    Not able to be trusted : showing that someone cannot be trusted. ii)                  Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.	i)                    A treacherous act of betrayal from his friend had affect the whole of his life as a police officer.
	iii)	ii)                  The snow made their hike all more treacherous.
Dreary	Causing unhappiness or sad feelings : not warm, cheerful, etc.	The family struggled through dreary economic times.
Obsolescence	The condition of no longer being used or useful; the condition of being obsolete.	The obsolescence of the old technology.
Egregious	Very bad and easily noticed.	An egregious example of political bias.
Inquisitor	A person who asks many difficult questions in a harsh or unkind way.	He had to answer his inquisitors’ questions or to be thrown out of school.