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Green Vocabulary III
Green Vocab for College Bound - Lessons 6 & 7
| Word | Def. | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| behoove | (v) to be necessary, right or proper for; advisable | It behooved Carolyn to carry an umbrella regularly when going to school. |
| euphemism | (n) an inoffensive term substituted for one that is offensive | Use some euphemism if you have to discuss bodily functions; we are uncomfortable with those types of discussions in our house. |
| evanescent | (adj) lasting only a short time, vanishing; transient, ephemeral (ant - long-lasting, permanent) | Fortunately his melancholy mood was evanescent, and within a short time he was his old self. |
| exacerbate | (v) to increase the severity of; to aggravate; intensify (ant - lessen, alleviate) | He exacerbated the situation by lying to the police. |
| exemplary | (adj) worthy of imitation; commendable; admirable | Her grades last semester were exemplary. |
| opaque | (adj) not letting light pass through; not transparent; not reflecting light (ant - transparent, clear) | An opaque curtain was installed over the window in the room to provide privacy for the workers. |
| opulent | (adj) having or showing great wealth; very wealthy or rich; affluent (ant - squalid, scarce) | She was living an opulent lifestyle until the strike hurt her business. |
| ornate | (adj) made with elaborate or lavish decorations; sumptuous (ant - simple, plain) | Theresa, who likes simple things, thought the room was too ornate. |
| sequester | (v) to set off or apart, separate; segregate (as a jury); to go off by oneself | If he were ever to finish the novel, he knew he had to remove all distractions by sequestering himself in the mountain cabin. |
| atrophy | (v) the wasting away of the body, its organs or tissue; wither | The therapist set up a program of leg exercises for him so his muscles would not atrophy. |
| aversion | (n) a strong dislike for; repugnance; distaste; antipathy (ant - liking) | Carol's aversion to seafood made it difficult to eat at the beach. |
| equivocate | (v) to speak ambiguously in order to deceive or mislead; evade, dodge (ant - unambiguous) | His critics accused the President of equivocating on every major issue facing the country. |
| esoteric | (adj) intended for or understood only by a small group of people; cryptic (ant - clear, open) | The poem was so esoteric that few people besides the relatives of the poet could understand it. |
| eulogy | (n) a speech or written tribute praising a person or thing, especially someone who has recently died; tribute, panegyric (ant - vilification) | By the time the minister had finished the eulogy, there was not a dry eye at the graveside. |
| obtrusive | (adj) intruding and offensive (ant - unobtrusive) | Rather than appreciating all I had done for her, she said I was to mind my own business and stop being so obtrusive. |
| officious | (adj) to be so excessively forward in offering one's services that one becomes annoying; meddlesome | He thought he was being very helpful, but the others thought he was being officious. |
| onomatopoeia | (n) the use or sound of a word that imitates or resembles the word that it stands for or describes. | The words "wham" and "buzz" are examples of onomatopoeia. |
| overt | (adj) not concealed, not hidden; open, visible, ostensible (ant - covert) | There was nothing overt about his rude behavior, but you could sense it. |
| scrupulous | (adj) conscientious, attentive to details, meticulous (ant - careless, negligent, sloppy) | The business owner was very scrupulous about keeping his money separate from the store's money. |
| bedraggled | (adj) wet, limp, messy; unkempt (ant - neat, dapper) | After getting caught in a rain storm, Jack arrived at work bedraggled. |
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Karina Geneva
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