English Words I Need to Learn
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- deride (v)
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(v)
To laugh at with contempt
To subject to ridicule
She was inclined to deride Mr Hemingway's mania for firearms... - sybarite (n)
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(n)
A person devoted to luxury and pleasure - trammel (n) (v)
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(n)
1. A kind of net for catching birds, fish, etc.
2. A shackle usedfor making a horse amble.
3. Something that impedes activity, progress or freedom.
4. An instrument used for drawing ellipses
5. An instrument for aligning or adjusting parts of a machine
(v)
1. To entangle (as in a net)
2. To hamper / hinder activity - capacious (adj)
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(adj)
Able to contain much,
Roomy / Spacious - venial (adj)
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(adj)
Capable of being forgiven
Pardonable / excusable - evanescent (adj)
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(adj)
Liable to vanish or pass away like vapour
Fleeting - unctuous (adj)
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(adj)
1. Of the nature or quality or an ointment, i.e. fatty / oily / greasy
2. Having a smooth,greasy feel
3. Insincerely or excessively suave - canorous (adj)
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(adj)
Richly melodious, pleasant sounding, musical - bagatelle (n)
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(n)
1. A trifle, of no importance
2. A short, light musical / literary piece
3. A game played with a cue and balls on an oblong table - peccadillo (n)
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(n)
A slight offense, a petty fault - expatiate (v)
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(v)
1. To speak or write at length / in detail
2. To move about freely / wander - tyro (n)
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(n)
A beginner in learning / a novice - schadenfreude (n)
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(n)
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others - vicissitude (n)
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(n)
1. Regular change / succession from one thing to another
2.Irregular change / mutation
3.A change in condition or fortune - truculent (adj)
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(adj)
1. Fierce / savage / ferocious
2. Cruel / destructive / ruthless - ephemeral (adj)
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(adj)
1. Beginning and ending in one day
2. Short-lived