Thursday, January 10, 2008

Tyler Cole's Vocab

Nascent(Adj)
-Something that is starting or beginning to exist.
-(Syn) beginning, blossoming, burgeoning
-The baby was in a nascent state after being born.
http://www.solarnavigator.net/animal_kingdom/animal_images/Human_infant_newborn_baby.jpg

Verisimilitude(Noun)
-Somthing that appears to be true to someone.
-(Syn) credibility, genuineness, likeliness
-The game lacked verisimilitude because the underdogs came back and beat the best team in the nation.

http://lexicon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/usc_wash_1.jpg

Deleterious(Adj)
-Something that is harmful or dangerous to ones health.
-(Syn) bad, damaging, destroying
-The toxins are deleterious and poisonous to humans.

http://www.scienceclarified.com/scitech/images/lsbv_0001_0001_0_img0027.jpg

Vitriolic(Adj)
-Pertaining to or resembling something or someone.
-(Syn) biting, dry, cutting
-The man gave me vatriolic criticism when I was pitching.

http://www.hq4baseball.com/images/coach_throw.jpg

Obsequious(Adj)
-Someone who is obiediant and follows directions and rules well.
-(Syn) bootlicking, brown-nosing, respectful
- The boy was obsequious when the teacher asked him for some help grading papers.
http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/40/89/22198940.jpg

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