Vocabulary PowerPoint

By: Nishan Meric

Ersatz

The ersatz toy from the dollar store easily broke.

Assimilate

I assimilate protein shakes after every workout.

Metaphor

An often used metaphor is, “Her hearts a black hole”.

Slake

After the long bike ride he slaked his head to cool him down.

Antipathy

The lawyer yelled at his client in antipathy because of the stupid mistake he made.

Malignant

The malignant gator ate the girl.

Cajole

He wanted to cajole the man to go easy on him in court.

Conflagrate

The man was a conflagration.

Despondent

The despondent boy was sad when the girl rejected him.

Eminent

The eminent sergeant was yelling at the privates.

Innocuous

The innocuous boy was sitting shyly in the corner.

Intrepid

The intrepid man jumped off the building with no fear.

Garrulous

The garrulous dog wouldn’t shut up.

Cajole

She was cajoling him to watch the chick flick with him.

Diminutive

Bianca was laughing at Nick’s diminutive size.

Impasse

The impasse argument was never going to me over.

Altruistic

The altruistic man gave the homeless person some spare change.

Alacrity

The crowd at the rally was alacritous.

Vilify

The boy was punished for his vilified language.