Monday, October 3, 2016

Vocabulary list #5

1. Venomous- secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by bite or sting

   I'd rather be bitten by a venomous snake than stay in this class with the sub that we have.

2. Stolid - calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

I've been in a stolid state all period.

3. Hypnotized- produce a state of hypnosis in someone; capture the attention; facinate

The venomous snake was hypnotized by the snake tamer.

4. Suspended- temporarily prevent from continuing; hang from somewhere

I've never been suspended from school.

5. Transformed- make a thorough or dramatic change, in the form, of  character

The car transformed into a giant robot.

6. Accuse- charge someone with an offense or crime; claim that someone has done something wrong

Some teachers accuse students to much

7. Anticipate- regard as probable; expect or predict

It was hard to anticipate the patterns.

8. Fringe- an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twist

The fringes were tied into a tassel

9. Melancholy- a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

He felt melancholy

10. Earnestly- serious in intention, purpose, or effort

The knights had an earnest fight.

11. Dissolve- become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution

The wicked which dissolved.

12. Aggravate- make a problem injury or offense worse or more serious

Some people just aggravate me.

13. Illuminate- to light

The glow in the dark paint illuminated the room when I turned off the lights.

14. Capillary- a tube that has an internal of hairlike thinness

Our veins  are capillary like.

15. Proboscis- an elongated sucking mouth part that is typically tubular and flexible

Butterfly's have a probiscis.

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