vocabulary fall list #4

1. melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness. An air of melancholy surrender the town. 2. exemplary: serving as a desirable model. He got an award for a exemplary community service. 3. peculiar: strange or odd. His accent was a peculiar mixture of American and British English. 4. dread: to fear greatly. He can't swim and dreads going into water. 5. bough: a main branch of a tree. A tree bough fell to my car during the storm. 6. pious: deeply religious. Goodman Brown was a pious person. 7. communion: a Christian ceremony. She went to front of church for her communion. 8. auditor: a person who audits accounts. Some auditors charge a lot of money for their services. 9. multitude: a great number of things or people. In the night we can see a great multitude of stars. 10. eloquence: the ability to speak or write well in an effective way. The senator's eloquence is well known. 11. despair: to lose all hope or confidence. Things look bad now, but don't despair. 12. hoary: very old. A man with hoary age was in the party yesterday.