Transcript Spring Vocab PPT

Spring Time
Vocabulary
Luscious (adj)
• Richly appealing to the senses
The luscious
garden
bloomed with
many different
types of
flowers.
Perennial (adj)
• lasting for an indefinitely long time
There are many
different types of
flowers that are
classified as
perennials.
Horticulture (n)
• the cultivation of a garden
Horticulture helps
pass the time for
those who don’t
have green
thumbs.
Deluge (v)
• To flood
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The rain deluged
the town until
homes were
destroyed.
Rejuvenate (v)
• to make young again
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The spa will
rejuvenate
your skin until
it’s as smooth
as the day
you were
born.
Eradicate (v)
• To remove or destroy
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Dogs were
trained to
eradicate
the rats
during the
plague.
Vista (n)
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• narrow avenue
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Mrs. Petrush
used to live
on a vista in
Pennsylvania.
Effluent (n)
• a stream flowing out of a lake
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The effluent lead
into a power
plant that
powered
Metropolis.
Persephone (n)
• a daughter of Zeus and Demeter
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Persephone was
captured by
Pluto to be
queen for
Hades.
Tempestuous (adj)
• Tumultuous; stormy
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The weather
coming into
town was very
tempestuous.
Deciduous (adj)
• shedding the leaves annually
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Walking through
the forest the
deciduous trees
were losing their
leaves.
Verdant (adj)
• covered with growing plants or grass
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Rainforests can
often be called
verdant when
they are not
being harvested
for their trees.