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Vocabulary #14. #66-70. 66. ostentatious. Definition: showy, displaying wealth Part of speech: adjective Sentence: The young lady was impressed by his ostentatious ways and quickly agreed to go out with him. 67. parched. Definition: dried up, shriveled Part of speech: adjective
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Vocabulary #14 #66-70
66. ostentatious • Definition: showy, displaying wealth • Part of speech: adjective • Sentence: The young lady was impressed by his ostentatious ways and quickly agreed to go out with him.
67. parched • Definition: dried up, shriveled • Part of speech: adjective • Sentence: After a day spent mountain climbing, I was incredibly parched and drank a whole gallon of water.
68. perfidious • Definition: faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy • Part of speech: adjective • Sentence: Due to the perfidious nature of the main character, none of the others trusted hi m.
69. precocious • Definition: unusually advanced or talented at an early age • Part of speech: adjective • Sentence: He quickly acquired a grandiose and precocious vocabulary.
70. pretentious • Definition: pretending to be important, intelligent, or cultured • Part of speech: adjective • Sentence: Her pretentiousness didn’t earn her many friends.