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Green Vocabulary II
Green Vocab for College Bound - Lessons 4 & 5
| Word | Def. | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| anonymity | (n) the condition of being anonymous; unknown | The problem with being a celebrity is that you relinquish your anonymity. |
| bibliophile | (n) one who loves books (ant - bibliophobe) | Because he was a bibliophile, you could always find him in the library. |
| ebb | (v) to flow or fall back, as the tide does; recede (ant - increase, swell) | As the day progressed, the tide ebbed. |
| effervescent | (adj) high-spirited; bubbly, lively; vivacious (ant - saddened, sober) | Meeting her again left Max in an effervescent mood. |
| elusive | (adj) tending to avoid; hard to capture | The elusive criminal was finally apprehended after the largest manhunt in the state's history. |
| nemesis | (n) anyone or anything which seems to be the cause of someone's downfall or defeat; rival | Fred dreaded that evening's match because he was wrestling a nemesis who had beaten him in every one of their last five matches. |
| nepotism | (n) favoritism shown by people in high places to relatives or close friends. | Matt had to be careful about hiring his nephew because he knew that the charge of nepotism would be made. |
| nonchalant | (adj) carefree and casually unconcerned or seeming so; blase (ant - concerned, excitable) | In an effort to appear nonchalant, he faked a yawn. |
| solicitude | (n) the state of showing care or concern (ant - unconcerned, indifference) | If you had shown as much solicitude when your mother was sick, she might still be alive. |
| antagonism | (n) the state of being opposed or hostile to another; hostility (ant - friendliness, amity) | Ralph's antagonism made it difficult for him to get along with the group. |
| ardent | (adj) warm or intense in feeling; passionate, fervent, zealous (ant - cool, apathetic) | Although Tom was an ardent admirer, Sue knew he would never ask her to marry him. |
| arid | (adj) having little or no rainfall; very dry; parched (ant - wet, lush, verdant) | They moved to Arizona because the arid weather was good for his lungs. |
| assuage | (v) to make less burdensome or less painful; to ease, relieve; mitigate (ant - aggravate, exacerbate) | The purpose of a funeral is to assuage the grief of the loved ones still alive. |
| embellish | (v) to decorate or improve by adding details; dress up, enhance (ant - simplify) | Henry so embellished the stories of his vacation that no one believed he had actually left home. |
| engender | (v) to give rise to; to cause; to bring about; beget, generate (ant - terminate, kill) | His obnoxious behavior engendered hostility in his classmates. |
| enigma | (n) someone or something that his hard to figure out; a mystery, puzzle, riddle | The Riddle of the Sphinx is not the greatest enigma of all. |
| menagerie | (n) a collection of animals that people can view | With the rabbit pens, dog runs, and snake cages, his barn was a real menagerie. |
| nostalgia | (n) a bittersweet longing for the things of the past | He was overcome with nostalgia when the gang sang his college alma mater. |
| obliterate | (v) to do away with completely; to destroy, eradicate (ant - preserve) | To obliterate all signs and any memory of the town, the Nazis bulldozed every building to the ground and covered the wreckage with tons of earth. |
| animosity | (n) hatred or hostility that is shown openly; ill will (ant - amiability) | Jack's animosity toward foreigners made his girlfriend uncomfortable. |
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Karina Geneva
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