Thursday, August 22, 2013

Vocabulary #1

Vocab #1

  • Expository: The presentation of information in clear, precise form.
  • Composition: The act of product of composing literature.
  • Assuage: Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
  • Decadence: A luxurious self-indulgence.
  • Hackneyed: Lacking significance through having been overused.
  • Coalition: A pact or treaty among individuals or groups
  • Transcend: To rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed.
  • Meritorious: deserving reward or praise - likely to succeed on the merits of this case.
  • Lurid: very vivid, and gruesome to create an unpleasant, harsh, or unnatural affect.
  • petulant: childishly sulky or bad tempered.
That Expository power-point was very informational, and organized.

There has to be a composite author among this list of authors.

While the fight was breaking up, I felt like this assuage feeling was going through my body.

All chocolate commercials always describe there chocolates as being decadent.

The television broke after the hackneyed lifestyle it lived.

The court was still in adjourned because the jury hadn't reached a coalition among each other.

The child that had no promise in the family transcended beyond the expectations of all others.

The worker of the company was meritorious of the hard work he had been doing for the company.

The crime scene had very lurid and descriptive evidence for a murder.

The child had a very petulant reaction to not getting what they want.

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