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226. varicose \ SvarETkPs \
[no alternate pronunciation(s)]
227. deteriorate \ dDStirGETrCt \
[dGStirGETrCt]
228. mischievous \ SmischDvEs \
[SmishchDvEs]
229. espionage \ SespGETnBzh \
[SespGEnij, SespGETnBj]
230. Caribbean \ kESribGEn \
[TkarESbGEn]
231. feloniously \ fESlPnGEslG \
[feSlPnGEslG]
[This word is from Latin.]
an adjective (Webster’s Third page 2534, column 1)
[Could be confused with differently pronounced variant
varicosed. Also, has near homonym: verrucose.]
abnormally swollen or dilated.
Extreme cases of varicose veins can require surgical treatment.
[This word is from Latin.]
a verb (Webster’s Third page 616, column 2)
grow worse : become impaired in quality, state, or condition.
When it was clear that the patient’s health would only
deteriorate, her doctor recommended that the family contact a
hospice nurse for support.
[This word is originally English.]
an adjective (Webster’s Third page 1442, column 3)
capable of causing or tending to cause annoyance, trouble, or
minor injury or damage to others.
Dr. Seuss’s “The Cat in the Hat” books are full of the distressing
events that occurred when children let a mischievous stranger
into the house.
[This word is from a French word.]
a noun (Webster’s Third page 776, column 3)
the practice of watching in a furtive or stealthy manner for the
purpose of secretly obtaining information for usually hostile
purposes.
After discovering that Mr. Carmichael had sold company trade
secrets to a competitor, his employer charged him with industrial
espionage.
[The first part of this word was originally Arawak and went
through Spanish and Latin before becoming English, and the
second part is an English combining form.]
an adjective (Webster’s Third page 339, column 2)
of, relating to, or characteristic of the eastern and southern West
Indies.
Whenever Ellie thinks about Caribbean music, she hears in her
head the brilliant sound of steel drums.
[Originally Latin, this word went through French before
becoming English.]
an adverb (Webster’s Third page 836, column 2)
in a manner having the nature of or involving a grave crime.
Garcia was feloniously relieved of his MP3 player by a couple of
hoodlums.
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