Vocabulary Week 2

This part of a city in Lebanon has been utterly eradicated and destroyed by the bombs that are frequent in that area. Also, this picture makes me think of the many desires for eradication by the Arabs and Jews.
Hitler's goal during World War II was to eradicate all the Jews.

The information on this graph is erratic. It is all over the place: way up, way down, and gradual. It makes me wonder what the conditions were that made the data change so much.
The winds on the high sea became erratic as the storm began to pick up.

It is pretty self explanatory why this object that escalates is called an escalator. Even the sensation while I am on it makes me feel like I am escalating, and not just in the sense that I am moving up. I get a heightened sense of... rising up and things becoming more and greater, even though they are really shrinking.
Marie could hear the argument in the other room begin to escalate.

I think that when most people hear the word eulogy, they think of a dark graveyard where someone has recently been put to rest. However, the word actually carries a positive note, because it praises the person who is deceased. That is why I choose this picture, because the sun is shining, and it is beautiful.
Mr. Jacobson then stood up to present a eulogy about Tom, the boy who had died saving my life.

The light colors, heavenly clouds and air beneath this man's feet suggest a moment of euphoria. He is not only happy, but is also 'floating', his reality a bit scewed.
He kissed me and I felt a moment of euphoria as my blood ran hot and my knees became weak.

1. equivocate-v.-- to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead.
2. eradicate-v.-- to remove or distroy utterly.
3. erode-v.-- to cause to diminish or deteriorate as if by eating into or wearing away.
4. erratic-adj. -- a)having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed. b) eccentric; queer.
5. escalate-v.-- to increase, enlarge or intensify.
6. esoteric-adj.-- private, secret, confidential.
7. espouse-v.-- a) to make one's own. b) to marry; give (a woman) into marriage.
8. eulogy-n.-- a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently.
9. euphoria-n.-- a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation.
10. euthanasia-n.-- the act of killing someone painlessly, esp. someone suffering from an incurable illness.
11. epitome-n.-- a representative or perfect example of a class or type.