1. Spring Time Vocabulary

2. Luscious (adj) Richly appealing to the senses The luscious garden bloomed with many different types of flowers.

3. Perennial (adj) lasting for an indefinitely long time There are many different types of flowers that are classified as perennials.

4. Horticulture (n) the cultivation of a garden Horticulture helps pass the time for those who don’t have green thumbs.

5. Deluge (v) To flood The rain deluged the town until homes were destroyed.

6. Rejuvenate (v) to make young again The spa will rejuvenate your skin until it’s as smooth as the day you were born.

7. Eradicate (v) To remove or destroy Dogs were trained to eradicate the rats during the plague.

8. Vista (n) narrow avenue Mrs. Petrush used to live on a vista in Pennsylvania.

9. Effluent (n) a stream flowing out of a lake The effluent lead into a power plant that powered Metropolis.

10. Persephone (n) a daughter of Zeus and Demeter Persephone was captured by Pluto to be queen for Hades.

11. Tempestuous (adj) Tumultuous; stormy The weather coming into town was very tempestuous.

12. Deciduous (adj) shedding the leaves annually Walking through the forest the deciduous trees were losing their leaves.

13. Verdant (adj) covered with growing plants or grass Rainforests can often be called verdant when they are not being harvested for their trees.