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| (ADJ) Extremely lively, enthusiastic (She became ebullient upon reveiving an acceptance letter from her first-choice college.) |
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| (N) Impudence, nerve, insolence (When I told my aunt that she was broing, my mother scolded me for my effrontery.) |
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| (adj) Radiant, splendorous (The golden palace was effulgent.) |
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| (ADJ) Extremely bad (The studnt who threw sloppy joes across the cafeteria was punished for his egregious behavior) |
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| (V) TO weaken, exhaust (Writing these sentences enervates me so much that I will have to take a nap after I finish.) |
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| (ADJ) Short-lived, fleeting (She promised she'd love me forever, but her "forever" was only ephemeral: she left me after one week.) |
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| (V) To shun, avoid (George hates the color green so much that he eschews all green food.) |
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| (ADJ) Fleeting, momentary (My joy at getting promoted was evanescent because I discovered that I would have to work much longer hours in a less friendly office.) |
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| (V) To show, reveal (Christopher's hand-wringing and nail0biting evince how neverous he is about the upcoming English test) |
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| (V) To free from guilt or blame, exonerate (My joy at getting promoted was evanescent because I discovered that I wold have to work much longer hours in a less friendly office.) |
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| (ADJ) Loathsome, detestable (Her pudding is so execrable that it makes me sick) |
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| (ADJ) Urgent, critical (The patient has an exigent need for medication, or else he will losse his sight.) |
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| (V) To make amends for, atone (To expiate my selfishness, I gave all my profits to charity.) |
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| (V) To obliterate, eradicate (Fearful of the IRS investigation, Paul tried to expunge all incriminating evidence from his tax files.) |
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| (ADJ) Existing, not destroyed or lost (My mother's extant love letters to my father are in the attic trunk.) |
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| (V) To praise, revere (Violet extolled the virtues of a vegetarian diet to her meat-loving brother. |
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| (ADJ) Incorrect, misleading (Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.) |
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| (AdJ) Meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards (Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.) |
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| (ADJ) Silly, foolish (He considers himself a serious poet, but in truth, he only writes fatuous limericks.) |
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| (ADJ) Fruitful, fertile (The fecund free bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.) |
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| (ADJ) Wild, savage (The beast looks so feral that I would fear bieing alone with it.) |
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| (ADJ) Having a foul odor (I can tell from the fetid smell in your refrigerator that your milk has spoiled.) |
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| (ADJ) FLowery, ornate (The writer's florid pose belongs on a sentimental hallmark card.) |
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| (ADJ) Troublesome or irritable (Although the child isisted he wasn't tired his fractious behavior0 especially his decision to crush his cheese and crackers all over the floor0 convinced evryone present that it was time fo put him to bed.) |
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