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Just Vocabulary|JV441 (Fecund and Vitriolic) Episode
FECUND = (adjective) 1. fertile: capable of producing much vegetation or many offspring. 2. highly imaginative: able to produce many different and original ideas.Synonyms:
fertile, productive, prolific, creative, fruitful
Antonyms:
unproductive, unimaginative, barren, impotent, infertile, sterile, feckless
Examples:- The avid gardener was proud of his lush and fecund garden.- It was a fecund meeting that produced several new ideas for how to improve our product. - Meditation creates a fecund atmosphere that
enables me to think of completely original ideas.
VITRIOLIC = (adjective) 1. filled with or expressing extreme bitterness and hatred toward somebody or something
2. like metallic sulfate: resembling a glassy metallic sulfate.
Example: - Marc is a writer who has often been criticized by the press but never before with such vitriol.- The Mayor launched a vitriolic attack on the Police Dept. Officer, accusing him of shielding maffia friends.
As a NOUN- His review was more than just unfavorableâit was loaded with vitriol
Synonyms: acrimonious, rancorous, bitter, caustic, mordant, acerbic.
[ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:54:00 GMT ]
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