Vocabulary: Fall List #5

 

1. Venomous: full or containing venom; poisonous

    -The venomous snake bit the lady, and she died.

2. Stolid: not easily stirred or moved mentally or emotionally

    -A very stolid worker showed excitement.

3. Hypnotized: to put in a state of hypnosis; to fascinate

    -The cat was hypnotized by the string.

4. Suspended: to keep from falling or sinking, as if by hanging

    -He suspended the swing from the tree.

5.Transformed: to change in form

    -He transformed his manners.

6. Accuse: to charge with the fault, offense, or crime

    -They accused him of stealing.

7.Anticipate: to realize or feel beforehand; foresee

    -We anticipate that we will run into problems.

8.Fringe: a decorative border of short threads, cords, or loops

    -The curtain had a fringe at the bottom of it.

9.Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind; depression or dejection

    -The little girl was in a melancholy mood after the death of

      her mother.

10.Earnestly: serious in intention, purpose, or action

    -The earnest young man had no use for jokes.

11.Dissolve: to (cause to) become undone; (cause to) come to an

                     end

    -He helplessly watched his marriage dissolve.

12. Aggravate: to make worse or more severe; intensify; to annoy

    -The constant noise aggravated the readers at the library.

13. Illuminate: to supply or brighten with light; light up

    -The streets were well illuminated for the holidays.

14. Capillary: one of the tiny, hair-like blood vessels between the

                       arteries and the veins

    -We as humans, have many capillaries.

15. Proboscis: the long, flexible nose of certain animals, as of an

                        elephant

    -A honey bee has a proboscis which is like a tiny drinking straw

     that sucks up nectar from flowers.