Thursday, January 10, 2008

Kylee Szczepaniuk- 1st hour

Nascent
1. Picture: see separate sheet.
2. POS: adjective.
3. Definition: beginning, emerging, starting to develop.
4. Related Words: blossoming (s), potential (s), withering (a).
5. Sentence: The nascent flower bud began to bloom.

Verisimilitude
1. Picture: see separate sheet.
2. POS: noun.
3. Definition: authenticity, likelihood, having the appearance of truth.
4. Related Words: likeliness (s), plausibility (s), falseness (a).
5. Sentence: Old horror movies lack verisimilitude.

Deleterious
1. Picture: see separate sheet.
2. POS: adjective.
3. Definition: having a harmful effect, injurious.
4. Related Words: damaging (s), destroying (s), beneficial (a).
5. Sentence: Smoking cigarettes for twenty years had a deleterious effect on Tom because he died of lung cancer.

Vitriolic
1. Picture: see separate sheet.
2. POS: adjective.
3. Definition: caustic, scathing, acid, bitter, harsh or corrosive.
4. Related Words: nasty (s), offensive (s), flattering (a).
5. Sentence: The vitriolic food critic was not well liked among the nearby restaurant owners.

Obsequious
1. Picture: see separate sheet.
2. POS: adjective.
3. Definition: obedient, fawning, full of servile compliance.
4. Related Words: spineless (s), enslaved (s), domineering (a).
5. Sentence: The obsequious butler did everything that was requested of him.

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