Vocabulary Pictures

Renovate (v)-- to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
After we renovated our old home, the new rooms looked beautiful and modern, but we couldn't stay at home for a long time.

Eloquence (n)-- The practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness.
The eloquent girl glided down the staircase into the ball room, she was the envy of every woman and the desire of every man.

Disseminate (v)- to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse.
We quickly began to disseminate once the boy in the corner began to count down from one hundred we wanted to be hidden before the inevitable "ready or not, here I come!"

Austere (adj)- severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding.
My babysitter was the most austere woman I had ever met. She was so strict and it was abselutely impossible for us to enjoy it when she was here.

Relapse (n) and (v)- to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.
Her overwhelming over achievments began to relapse as outside influences began to put a stress on her and resulted in poorer grades and behavior.