Expand Your Vocabulary With Words and Sentences
Enhance your vocabulary with words such as desolate, stance, chastise, fallacy, capacious, sporadic, theme, haggard, lucrative, and apprehend. Each word is defined and used in a sentence to help you grasp their meanings better.
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Vocabula ry By: Breanna, Ashley, Esteben, Jered
Desolate Adjective: (of a place) deserted of people and in the state of bleek and dismal emptiness Sentence: This will make many people feel desolate and depressed at a time they need to see their loved one daily
Stance Noun: The way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in baseball, golf, and other sports ) ; a person s posture. Sentence: Rhyn lowered himself into a fighting stance and faced off against the two.
Chastise Dated: Punish, especially by beating. Sentence: Actually, Gerald s intent was probably to ward off an attack, rather than chastise Alex.
Fallacy Noun: A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. Sentence: Violation of this is the Fallacy of undistributed middle
Capacious Adjective: Having a lot of space inside; roomy Sentence: She carried a capacious bag.
Sporadic Adjective: Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places: scattered or isolated. Sentence: The doctor decided to hospitalize my mother because of he sporadic heartbeat.
Theme Noun: The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic Sentence: The birthday theme was Disney.
Haggard Adjective: looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry or suffering. Sentence: Taran glanced at him, noticing how haggard the older man suddenly appeared.
Lucrative Adjective: producing a great deal of profit. It s a well known fact: even the simplest ideas can become very lucrative
Apprehend Verb: Arrest (someone) for a crime. Sentence: It took several police officers to apprehend the fugitive and return him to jail.
Gullible Adjective: Easily persuaded to believe something credulous. I was gullible for believing everything they said.
Crucial Adjective: decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something. Sentence: The crucial step in the operation is restarting the patient's heart.
Avid Adjective: having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something. Sentence: I am an avid supporter of my local football team
Pithy Adjective: (of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive. Sentence Old Mr. Brown was not known for talking much, but what he did say was always pithy.
Connoisseur Noun: an expert judge in matters of taste. Sentence: He is a connoisseur of fine wines and is always a welcomed guest at our wine tasting events
