Visual Vocab 3
Published on May 04, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DESOLATE
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DEFINITION
Devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope; barren, lifeless, deserted.
ORIGIN
It comes from the late Middle English past participle "desolare," where de means "thoroughly," and solare means "alone."
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ORIGINAL SENTENCE
The amusement park was nothing like we had expected, it was empty and desolate.
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EQUIVOCATE
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DEFINITION
To avoid committing oneself; prevaricate, vacillate, be evasive.
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ORIGIN
It comes from the late Latin word "aequivocat" which means "called by the same name."
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ORIGINAL SENTENCE
She did not understand the subject, so she equivocated studying.
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