Erika's Vocab

Nascent
Beginning to develop or exist
Adjective
Developing (s) preliminary (s), start (s),
The nascent tree will grow to be a towering oak.
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Verisimilitude
Something that appears to be true
Noun
Honesty (s), genuine (s), likeliness (s)
Everyone believed her because of her lie that was a verisimilitude.
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Deleterioushaving a damaging effect on someone or something.
Adjective
Bad (s), damaging (s), harmful (s)
The deleterious brothers left the house in shambles.
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Vitriolic
Extreme bitterness
Adjective
Hateful (s), bitter (s), offensive (s)
The vitriolic man screamed at the kids to get off his lawn.
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Obsequious
Has to do everything right, a do-gooder
Adjective
Submissive (s), flattering (s), compliant (s)
The obsequious manager was willing to make everyone hate her to please her bosses.
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