Monday, October 10, 2016
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Fall Vocab #5
Venomous: ( of animals, especially snakes, or their parts) secreting venom, capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting
Sentence: Snakes are venomous.
Stolid : (of a person) calm, dependable & showing little emotion or animation
Sentence: I would not consider myself to be a stolid person
Hypnotized: produce a state of hypnosis (someone)
Sentence: A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his money.
Suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
Sentence: The teacher suspended a student from school.
Transformed: make a thorough or dramatic change in form, appearance, or character of
Sentence: An automobile transformed into a boat
Accuse: charge (someone) with an offense or crime
Sentence: The teacher accused me of something I didn't do.
Anticipate: regard as probable, expect or predict
Sentence: She anticipated scorn on her return to the theater
Fringe: an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twist, used to edge clothing or material
Sentence: The fringe of her jeans got caught in the escalator.
Malancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
Sentence: The films tragic ending put us all in a melancholy mood.
Earnest: serious in intention, purpose, or effect, sincerely zealous
Sentence: The priest will always give you a earnest answer.
Dissolve: to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid, pass into solution
Sentence: It will not dissolve in the water.
Aggravate: to make worse or move severe, intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome
Sentence: I left the party early so the noise wouldn't aggravate my headache.
Illuminate: light up
Sentence: If the light build is to dim to illuminate the room, it should be replaced.
Capillary: any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arteriols & venules
Sentence: A capillary vessel has burst.
Proboscis: the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long & mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir
Sentence: Peobosics has reached its maximum eversion.
Sentence: Snakes are venomous.
Stolid : (of a person) calm, dependable & showing little emotion or animation
Sentence: I would not consider myself to be a stolid person
Hypnotized: produce a state of hypnosis (someone)
Sentence: A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his money.
Suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
Sentence: The teacher suspended a student from school.
Transformed: make a thorough or dramatic change in form, appearance, or character of
Sentence: An automobile transformed into a boat
Accuse: charge (someone) with an offense or crime
Sentence: The teacher accused me of something I didn't do.
Anticipate: regard as probable, expect or predict
Sentence: She anticipated scorn on her return to the theater
Fringe: an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twist, used to edge clothing or material
Sentence: The fringe of her jeans got caught in the escalator.
Malancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
Sentence: The films tragic ending put us all in a melancholy mood.
Earnest: serious in intention, purpose, or effect, sincerely zealous
Sentence: The priest will always give you a earnest answer.
Dissolve: to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid, pass into solution
Sentence: It will not dissolve in the water.
Aggravate: to make worse or move severe, intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome
Sentence: I left the party early so the noise wouldn't aggravate my headache.
Illuminate: light up
Sentence: If the light build is to dim to illuminate the room, it should be replaced.
Capillary: any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arteriols & venules
Sentence: A capillary vessel has burst.
Proboscis: the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long & mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir
Sentence: Peobosics has reached its maximum eversion.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Fall Vocab #4
Intermittent: occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady
Sentence: When the cops arrived, the loud intermittent noise has stopped.
Ebb: (Of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce
Sentence: The water level in the lake will ebb during the drought.
Regress: return to a former or less developed state
Sentence: Rather than regress, you should always strive to move forward.
Tendency: an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior
Sentence: Why do dogs have the tendency to bark at people they don't know?
Antiseptic: of, relating to, denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
Sentence: It acts as an antiseptic, anti fungal, and antibacterial.
Sentence: When the cops arrived, the loud intermittent noise has stopped.
Ebb: (Of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce
Sentence: The water level in the lake will ebb during the drought.
Regress: return to a former or less developed state
Sentence: Rather than regress, you should always strive to move forward.
Tendency: an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior
Sentence: Why do dogs have the tendency to bark at people they don't know?
Antiseptic: of, relating to, denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
Sentence: It acts as an antiseptic, anti fungal, and antibacterial.
Monday, September 19, 2016
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