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WOD WORDS!. The Five People You Meet in Heaven Set 1. VERB. Protruding. Synonyms: bulge, swell, belly. . to project to thrust forward. Pronunciation: proh-trood. Origin: 1610–20; Latin. Example Sentence: The bike rider hit his head on the protruding branch. FEIGN. VERB.
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WOD WORDS! The Five People You Meet in Heaven Set 1
VERB Protruding Synonyms: bulge, swell, belly. • to project • to thrust forward Pronunciation: proh-trood Origin: 1610–20; Latin Example Sentence: The bike rider hit his head on the protruding branch.
FEIGN VERB • to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of • to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse. • to imitate deceptively Origin: 1250–1300; Middle EnglishOther forms/synonyms: Pretend, sham, invent Pronunciation: feyn Example Sentence: The cat would frequently feign his own death.
Grotesque ADJECTIVE • odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. Origin: 1555–65; French/Italian Pronunciation: groh-tesk Syllables: 2; gro·tesque Other Forms/Synonyms distorted, deformed, weird EXAMPLE SENTENCE: It was a grotesque skull, even for a Halloween decoration.
Commodity NOUN • something of use, advantage, or value Other Forms/Synonyms: Goods, merchandise, assets Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English Syllables: 4; com·mod·i·ty Pronunciation: kuh-mod-i-tee Example Sentence: Gold is a widely accepted commodity for exchange.
NOUN Colleague Other Forms/Synonyms: co-worker, fellow worker • an associate or fellow employee Example Sentence: The colleagues worked together to make a pie chart of information. Origin: 1515–25; French Pronunciation: kol-eeg Syllables: 2; col·league