Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Brandon's Vocab

Nascent
1. beginning to develop
2. beginning to exist
Nascent is an adjective
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Synonyms
Growing, sprouting, and beginning.
Sentence: The nascent seed grew a little each day.

Verisimilitude
1. The appearance of truth.
Verisimilitude is a noun
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Synonyms
Credibility, genuine, and likeness.
Sentence: He gave verisimilitude to us through his sad story.

Deleterious
1. Harmful
2. unhealthy
Deleterious is an adjective.
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Synonyms
Bad, destructive, and destroying.
Sentence: His deleterious behavior got him hurt.

Vitriolic
1. Caustic or scathing
Vitriolic is an adjective.
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Synonyms
Biting, caustic, and cutting.
Sentence: His vitriolic criticism was felt by all in the room.

Obsequious
1. Obedient or dutiful
2. Brown-nose
Obsequious is an adjective
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Synonyms
Brown-noser, complacent, and enslaved.
Sentence: His obsequious tendency got him beat up.

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