Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List #4

Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged.
Exemplary: worthy of imitation; commendable.
Peculiar: strange; queer; odd.
Dread: to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension.
Bough: a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
Pious: characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion.
Communion: interchange or sharing of thoughts or emotions; intimate communication.
 Auditor: a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the changes with the vouchers.
Multitude: a great number of people gathered together.
Eloquence: a practice of art or using language with fluency and aptness.
Despair: loss of hope; someone or something that causes hopelessness.
Hoary: gray or white with age; ancient or venerable.

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