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ESL Vocabulary from The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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Source: Princess Bride / Dictionary

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To Dread To be deathly afraid of somebody  
Illiterate Unable to read and write  
Obit the date of a person's death  
Scullery a small room of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen  
Pewter any of various alloys in which tin is the chief container of such an alloy  
Tragic characteristic of tragedy  
Flaw fault or imperfection  
Parlor a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home  
Bewilderment State in which a person feel great confusion or shock  
Smitten struck, as with a hard blow  
Ulcer a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue  
Brandy a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc  
To Subside to sink to a low or lower level  
To Chronicle To make a chronological record of events  
Complexion General character, aspect, or appearance  
Spawn Offspring or children, (typically when there are many children, or a group of eggs laid by another animal)  
To Stroll To walk leisurely  
Furrow a narrow groove made in the ground  
To Fret to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent  
To Abound to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers  
To Taunt to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner  
To Steer to guide the course of something  
To Pester to bother persistently with petty annoyances  
To Vex to irritate  
To Stammer to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses  
Hovel a small, very humble dwelling house  
Arbitrary random  
Procession the act of moving along in orderly succession and ceremonious manner  
Thorny covered in or full of small, sharp points  
To Attire to dress, array or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.  
Frenzy Extreme confusion or agitation  
To Quench To satisfy  
To Heave to lift or throw with effort or force  
To Throb to beat with increased force or rapidity  
To Molder to turn to dust by natural decay  
To Squabble to engage in a petty quarrel  
To Neglect to pay no attention or too little attention to  
Python A type of snake  
Sanctuary a sacred or holy place  
Eternal without beginning or end  
Blunt having a thick or dull edge or point  
Excel to surpass others or be superior in some respect or area  
Fabric a cloth made by weaving, knitting, or felting fibers  
To Devour to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.  
Morrow the morning  
Inconceivable unbelievable or unable to be brought into existence  
Quota the amount of work or product that is required in order to meet existing standards  
Frenzied wildly excited or enthusiastic  
Vengeance Deliberate harm upon another person inflicted as retribution for a wrongdoing that has been committed  
Erect upright in position or posture  
Consultation a meeting for deliberation, discussion, or decision  
Inevitable unable to be avoided  
Ransom Amount of compensation demanded in exchange for a prisoner or kidnapped person  
Constellation any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given  
Ravine a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water  
Astride with a leg on each side of something  
To Breed to produce offspring  
Corridor a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building  
To Induce To force something to happen  
Captive a prisoner  
Nourishing promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength  
To Invigorate To revive or give strength to  
Fiddle a musical instrument of the viola family  
To Endeavor to exert oneself to do or affect something  
To Tumble to fall down helplessly, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equillbrium  
Affirmative asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.  
Unimposing unimpressive  
To Jot To carelessly write or scribble onto paper  
Infiltration The process of invading a system or plan  
Resonant resounding or echoing  
Corpse a dead body, usually of a human being  
To Pivot to turn on a point  
Fluke an unlikely and seemingly unmerited occurance  
Galore in plentiful amounts  
Hollow having a space or cavity inside  
Fantasmagoria a shifting series of illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination  
Stable a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc  
Rebuttal argument made after evidence has been presented from the opposing side  
Dastard a mean, sneaking coward  
Liability Amount of responsiblity one has due to the ownership of certain products or actions  
Asset a useful and desirable thing or quality  

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