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Vocabulary list #V

Venomous- full of malice or spite Stolid- calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation Hypnotized- Produce a state of hypnosis Suspended-temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect Transformed- make thorough or dramatic change in form Accused- a person or a group people charged with or on trail of crime Anticipate- expect or predict Fringe- an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed in tassel or twists Melancholy-  a feeling of pensive sadness Earnestly- fervent, intent, proposeful, determined Dissolve- to be incorporated into a liquid Aggravate-  make worse or more serious Illuminate- light up Capillary-  a tube that has an internal diameter or hairlike thinness Proboscis- a nose of a mammal
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