Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Vocabulary: Fall List #6

tatters-irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material.
EX: When I wasn't looking, my dad tore my paper to tatters.merely-only;just
EX: You must not get angry with me, I was merely asking.
vast-of very great extent or quantity
EX: There isn't anything more beautiful than vast fields of Spring flowers.parlor- a sitting room 
EX: I enjoy drinking scotch while reading in my parlor.
abrupt(ly)- sudden and unexpected
EX: New drivers tend to stop abruptly before the stop light
refracted-make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an angle.
EX: The beam of sunlight refracted off of my disco ball.immense-extremely large.
EX: The crowd at the concert I just went to was immense.
imperceptibly-impossible to preceive
EX: She looked at me almost inperceptibly.
ventilator- an application for artificial respiration.
EX: It's annoying to have a broken ventilator.
olfactory-relating to the sense of smell.
EX: The olfactory candy

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