Monday, October 3, 2016

vocab #5

venomous: secreting venom
We had to stay away from the venomous snakes.
stolid: calm, dependable, showing little emotion/animation
The new girl seemed sweet and stolid.
hypnotized: produce a state of hypnosis
The magician managed to hypnotize the whole crowd.
suspended: temporarily prevent from continuing
The soccer game was suspended due to the bad weather.
transformed: make a change in form, appearance, or character.
His favorite part of the story was when Cinderella was transformed into a beautiful princess.
accuse: claim that someone has done something wrong
The strange man was accused of murder even though he wasn't at the scene of the crime.
anticipate: expect or predict
We anticipated the arrival of the soldier in our hometown.
fringe: border of threads left loose
She had a lot of fringe on her jacket.
melancholy: feeling of pensive sadness
She seemed like she was feeling melancholic out in the rain by herself.
earnestly: showing sincere and intense conviction
I was earnestly there for him.
dissolve: close down, dismiss
She dissolved into the crowd.
aggravate: make worse, annoy
It seemed like all he knew how to do was aggravate her.
illuminate: light up
His smile illuminated the whole room.
capillary: any of the fine branching blood vessels that network between the arterioles and venules
We have a lot of capillaries.
proboscis: nose of mammal, especially when long and mobile
The elephant's proboscis was snorting water.

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