Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Vocabulary 5

venomous - full of malice or spite.(She replied with a venomous glance.)
stolid - calm, dependable, and ahowing little emotion or animation. (The man was stolid at the park.)
hypnotized - capture the whole attention of someone; fascinate. (Hypnotized by the rain, Eric stated across the street.)
suspended - temporarily percent from continuing or being in force of effect. (Work on the dam was suspended.)
transformed - make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, transmute. (Lasers have transformed cardiac surgery.)
accuse - claim that someone has done something wrong. (He was accused of favoritism.)
anticipate - regard as probable; expect or predict. (She anticipated scorn on her return to the theater.)
fringe - decorate clothing or material with a fringe. (A rich robe of gold, fringed with black velvet.)
melancholy - a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. (An air if melancholy surrounded him.)
earnestly - fervent, intent, purposeful, determined, industrious. (The boy was an earnest student.)
dissolve - close down or dismiss. (The country's president can dissolve parliament under certain circumstances.)
aggravate - make worse or more serious. (Military action would only aggravate the situation.)
illuminate - light up. (A flash of lightning illuminated the house.)
capillary - a tube that has an internal diameter or hairlike thinness.
proboscis - the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant it the snout if a tapir.

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