English vocab
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- nutriment
- any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy
- earnest
- serious in intention, purpose, or effort
- incisive
- penetrating, cutting, biting
- approbation
- approval; commendation
- repudiate
- to reject as having no autorit or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- lurid
- gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- vivacity
- liveliness; animation; sprightliness: a people noted for their vivacity
- raiment
- clothing,garments
- usury
- the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
- deference
- respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
- perverse
- willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- exalt
- to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.
- beneficient
- doing good or causing good to be done; conferring benefits; kindly in action or purpose.
- hackneyed
- made commonplace, stale
- providence
- a manifestation of divine care or direction
- scintillating
- to sparkle; flash: a mind that scintillates with brilliance
- marrow
- a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production
- evanescent
- vanishing, fading away
- proclivity
- natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity
- precocious
- the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- pathos
- the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
- quicken
- : to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace
- sustenance
- means of sustaining life; nourishment.
- misdemeanor
- . a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony. an instance of misbehavior; misdeed
- physiognomy
- the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- propinquity
- nearness in place; proximity.
- scruples
- An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action
- acute
- sharp or severe in effect
- ameliorate
- to make better or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
- tempest
- a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow
- edifice
- building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance.
- infamy
- extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful criminal or outrageous act
- allegory
- a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
- prodigious
- extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- conjecture
- the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof
- indubitalbe
- that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable
- orthodox
- of, pertaining to, or conforming to beliefs, attitudes, or modes of conduct that are generally approved.-doctrine, philosophy, ideaology,etc.
- desolate
- barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape
- accord
- to be in agreement, agree
- melancholy
- a gloomy state of mid, esp when habitual or prolonged depression
- wanton
- deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?
- caveat
- a warning or caution; admonition