WEEK 2 VOCABULARY. Distend: Verb To swell, to expand Your stomach will distend if you eat too much...
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WEEK 2 VOCABULARY
Distend: Verb
To swell, to expand
Your stomach will distend if you eat too much Halloween candy!
The balloon distended when Iblew air into it.
Fecund: Adjective
To be fertile or productive
Zebra fish are fecund because they lay over 2000 eggs at a time!
Rabbits are often considered to be fecund.
Sage: Noun, Adjective
A wise man, to gain wisdom through experience and reflection, wise
The sage helped me find the path to nirvana.
That is sage advice; I shall try to follow it.
Vacuous: Adjective
Lacking ideas or intelligence
Frankly, your idea for the party is vacuous.
He had a vacuous look on his face when I asked him for directions.
Deride: Verb
To insult or ridicule
The bullies derided the little boy because he was two feet shorter than them.
You should not deride people when they make mistakes.
Assail: Verb
To attack with words or force
Please do not assail me in the hallway to ask about your grades!
The loud fireworks assailed my ears as I was trying to sleep.
Benevolent: Adjective
Generous, kind
The benevolent gentleman gave the charity $5,000.
If you are benevolent, even when you don’t want to be, you will be rewarded.
Scrutinize: Verb
To examine very carefully
You should carefully scrutinize a college before you apply.
Sherlock Holmes scrutinizes every clue he receives in order to solve a case.
Histrionic: Adjective
Overly dramatic
You don’t have to be so histrionic; it was only a spider!
My sister is so histrionic about everything that I’ve stopped listening to her.
Didactic: Adjective
Intending to teach, morally instructive
Going to religious education classes is a didactic practice.
Teachers try to be didactic with many of their lessons.