Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Vocabulary: Fall list #5

  1. venomous:(of a person or their behavior) full of malice or spite. (of animals, especially snakes, or their parts) secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting.
  2. stolid:(of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
  3. hypnotized:capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate.
  4. suspended:temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.
  5. transformed:
    or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.
  6. accuse:charge (someone) with an offense or crime.
  7. anticipate:regard as probable; expect or predict.
  8. fringe:an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material.
  9. melancholy:a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
  10. earnestly:fervent, intent, purposeful, determined, industrious, ambitious.
  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.
  13. illuminate: light up
  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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