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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 firmament | the sky, the heavens |
| The firmament, or sky, is where the clouds are at. | ... |
| trite | overused, hackneyed |
| The trite joke was used over and over . | ... |
| cliche | a trite, overused expression |
| Even though the phrase was a cliche it still was a useful tip . | ... |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| The teacher grew impatient when she had to reiterate what she said 5 times in a row. | ... |
| permeate | to spread out, to pervade |
| The Christians tried to permeate the teachings of Jesus. | ... |
| pervasive | inclined to be spread throughout |
| The pervasive smell of smoke came from a fire in the kitchen. | ... |
| existential | relating to existence |
| If the ozone layer was gone, it would be a existential threat to living things on earth. | ... |
| sedentary | sitting |
| I was sedentary, or sitting, on a bench because my legs hurt. | ... |
| tranquil | calm, serene, peaceful |
| The tranquil old man was meditating to keep himself calm and peaceful. | ... |
| labyrinthine | intricate, mazelike |
| The labyrinthine was mazlelike and had many twists and turns that lead to dead ends. | ... |
| boisterous | loud, energetic |
| The boisterous young man was loud and energetic when speaking to the class. | ... |
| manifold | many |
| There was a manifold of cockroaches in the house. | ... |
| conduit | a pipe, passage, channel |
| There was a conduit, or pipe, that connected water to the faucet. | ... |
| vocation | one's work or professional calling |
| I still don't know what I want my vocation, or one's work, to be. | ... |
| vicarious | experienced through another's actions |
| Since Johnny's grandfather died from smoking, he vicariously didn't try to ever smoke. | ... |
| familial | relating to family |
| We had a familial dinner on Chinese New Year with my family. | ... |
| aggregate | to gather, amass |
| They tried to aggregate as many people as they can for the party. | ... |
| exemplary | serving as an example |
| The model volcano was a exemplary to a actual volcano. | ... |
| ambivalent | having contradictory feelings |
| I felt ambivalent from moving because I would miss my apartment but we will move to a house. | ... |
| vacillate | to go back and forth, fluctuate |
| The scholar was vacillating, going back and forth, because he was waiting to see if he got the job. | ... |
| amorous | relating to or showing love |
| His amorous feelings to animals made him become a zoo keeper. | ... |
| amorphous | without shape or borders |
| The airplane passed an amorphous cloud as if it had no shape. | ... |
| nebulous | indistinct, hazy |
| I felt very nebulous, or indistinct, when I woke up in the back of my mother's car. | ... |
| abort | to give up unfinished |
| They needed to abort their mission because there was no chance of completing it. | ... |
| placid | calm, tranquil |
| The placid student didn't cower in fear when the bully said invectives at him | ... |
| repose | rest, sleep |
| I had to get some repose since it was late at night. | ... |
| revel | to enjoy |
| I reveled, or enjoyed, the summer where we stayed in Pennsylvania with my cousins. | ... |
| salutation | a greeting |
| The kind neighbors gave me a salutations when I walked past them. | ... |
| sordid | dirty |
| The little boy became sordid when he fell into the mud. | ... |
| repulse | to cause disgust or distaste, or to drive back, repel |
| The smell was very repulse to me and repeled me from going any further. | ... |
| licentious | amoral, lawless, lewd |
| The adult was licentious and didn't follow the rules. | ... |
| judicious | of sound judgment |
| The student wanted his lie to sound judicious so she wouldn't get caught by the teacher. | ... |
| stupefy | to astound |
| I was stupefied when I went to see Niagara Falls. | ... |
| pithy | succinctly meaningful |
| The job interview will be pithy since it determines what will occur in the future. | ... |
| empathetic | feeling another's pain as one's own |
| The young child felt empathetic as the bullies attacked his best friend while he can only stand there and watch. | ... |
| sympathetic | compassionate |
| The sympathetic young adult was compassionate about the loss of a little girl's dog that has passed away. | ... |
| sympathy | an expression of pity for another, compassion |
| The malicious old man didn't show any sympathy when attacking the child. | ... |
| empathy | the experience of another's feelings as one's own |
| I had the same empathy as my brother's when my parents announced that we wouldn't go to Orlando. | ... |
| inundate | to flood |
| The celebrity had a inundate of letters from her fans. | ... |
| rife | full, replete |
| The food storage was rife, or full, so that it can last a year or so. | ... |
| strife | conflict |
| The strife, or conflict, of the story was trying to find food and water in the desert. | ... |
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