Thursday, January 10, 2008

Brie's Vocab

Nascent
Description: Beginning to develop or exist
POS: Adjective
Related Words: preliminary, start, developing
Sentence: The nascent flowers grow in the spring.
Picture: http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowopp/Helianthus_divaricatus_flowers.jpg

Verisimilitude
Description: Having a true and realistic appearance
POS: Noun
Related Words: honesty, likeliness, genuine
Sentence: The ghost has a verisimilitude essence about him.
Picture: http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/ghost-towel-2.jpg

Deleterious
Description: having a harmful effect on someone or something.
POS: Adjective
Related Words: harsh, bad, damaging
Sentence: The deleterious storm left my car in shambles.
Picture: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg-Hurst/7HCS-storm-Jan07.jpg

Vitriolic
Description: To have extreme bitterness or hatred, Scathing.
POS: Adjective
Related Words: hateful, bitter, offensive
Sentence: The vitriolic man was screaming at everyone in his path.
Picture: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ATA/25452BP~Angry-Posters.jpg

Obsequious
Description: Excessively eager to obey.
POS: Adjective
Related Words: fawning, groveling, respectful
Sentence: The young, obsequious swimmer was eager to listen to her coaches instructions.
Picture: http://www.sd36.bc.ca/sites/henryb/BeeRespectful.jpg

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