Monday, February 4, 2008

Vocabulary #3


What looks as if it used to be a lovely private beach, was now disseminated with trash everywhere.



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The cathedral that my family visited in Italy was renovated so that the building will stay in tact for more years to come and the many more tourists can visit.


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Anna smiled with a sanguine expression on her face after her friend told her to make a wish after blowing the dandelion.




William Shakespeare wrote with such eloquence, that his works are still being admired and read today and is known as one of the greatest poet and playwright in history.




Though many people who receive medication such as Prozac, an anti-depressants, there is a risk that they can relapse back into there depressed state and can inflict a greater harm to themselves.




Definitions:
  1. Disseminate (v) - To scatter widely
  2. Eloquence (n) - the power of expressing feelings or thoughts in words that impress or move other people
  3. Austere (adj) - grave; sober; solemn; serious
  4. Baleful (adj) - pernicious/ or sinister
  5. Bigot (n) - a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
  6. Relapse (n) - falling back into a former state
    (v) - to fall back into vice
  7. Repudiate (v) - to cast off or disown
  8. Resilience (n) - ability to recover readily from illness, depression
  9. Sanguine (adj) - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
  10. Renovate (v) - to restore to good condition

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