Monday, October 3, 2016

Vocabulary: Fall List #5

1. venomous: (of a person or their behavior) full of malice or spite
I hate that woman; she is venomous towards children and teens.

2. stolid: (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
The boy is stolid even though he had been thoroughly yelled at by the teacher,

3. hypnotized: capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate
The crowd was hypnotized by the wonderful performance.

4. suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
I felt like I had been suspended in time when I crossed the finished line.

5. transformed: make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of
Our once full house had transformed into a depressing house of two. 

6. accuse: charge (someone) with an offense or crime
The teacher accused the student of cheating because the student kept looking at his friend's paper.

7. anticipate: regard as probable; expect or predict
When your in a game with someone else, you need to anticipate their next move.

8. fringe: not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme

9. melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

10. earnestly: when you do something in a serious, heartfelt way
When I'm saing a speech or presenting somethine, I try to do it earnestly. 

11. dissolve: (with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution

12. aggravate: make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious
I hate it when adults unintentionally aggravate kids and teens.

13. illuminate: light up
The fireflies in the jar illuminated the dark room.

14. capillary: any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules

15. proboscis: the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir

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