Week 1 Vocab

Abstinence

The practice of refraining from something, like drugs, alcohol, or smoking

• She practiced abstinence from junk food to stay healthy

• Abstinence from alcohol was part of the program

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being real or true

• the story had verisimilitude and felt real

• the movies verisimilitude made it seem real

• Benevolent

Kind and well-meaning

• the benevolent woman helped the child

• the benevolent man gave money to a charity

Unctuous

Excessively flattering or fake polite

• his unctuous voice sounded fake

• her unctuous smile felt fake

Clandestine

Secret or hidden

• they had a clandestine meeting

• they shared a clandestine plan

Ubiquitous

Found everywhere

• phones are ubiquitous

• coffee shops are ubiquitous in the city

Deleterious

Harmful or damaging

• smoking is deleterious to health

• too much screen time can be deleterious

Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time

• happiness can be ephemeral

• The joy was ephemeral

Scintillate

to sparkle or shine

• the stars scintillated in the sky

• the lights scintillated

Felicity

Great happiness

• she felt felicity after hearing the news

• he felt great felicity when he saw his family