Vocabulary Week 2






1) equivocate - to avoid making an explicit statement

I thought of the word "vague when equivocate came to mind and vague let to mist, since the mist leaves a vague trail of what to do or what you're doing

2) esoteric - understood by or meant for only the select few

The fact that latin is the roots of most languages, it is also the hardest to understand or to know since you can't speak it.


3) espouse - to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause

Governor Schwartzeneggar adopted the green movement as his own and has constantly stressed on being a more environmentally friendly California


4) eulogy - a set oration in honor of a deceased person

Pretty self explanatory the fact that most funerals hold a eulogy for the deceased person.


5) euthanasia - painless death

As painless death goes, i think that sleeping resembles the closest thing to painless death.


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