Wednesday, August 21, 2013

vocabulary: fall #1

Expository: intended to explain or describe something.
                   I gave a brief expository to the cops of what the suspects look like.
Composition: The action of putting things together
                       I don't like composition.
 Assuage: Make an unpleasant feeling less intense
                After I saw my friend jump off the plain I felt very assuage and so I jumped.
 Decadence: A moral or cultural decline, esp. after a peak of achievement
                    I decadence after I didn't earn the trophy the right way
 Hackneyed: Lacking significance through having been overused
                    some word that people use a really hackneyed.
 Coalition: An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties                           forming a government or of states
                  I started a coalition after the president stared to be a dictator. 
 Transcend: Go beyond the range of limits
                    I train so I can transcend while being compared to other players.
 Meritorious: Deserving reward or praise
                      I felt very meritorious after saving a life.
 Lurid: Very vivid in color
            The world is very lurid.
 Petulant: Childishly sulky or bad-tempered
                the child was acting really petulant when he was not getting his was.