vocabulary words
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| economy | efficiency and conservation of effort in the operation or achievement of something | |
| bulk | large size or mass | |
| labor | the supply of work or workers for a particular job, industry, or employer | |
| obtrude | to impose something such as opinions or yourself on other people | |
| impertinent | showing a bold or rude lack of respect, especially to a superior | |
| sonorous | producing or possessing sound | |
| fain | willing or eager to do something | |
| slew | past tense of slay | |
| serf | an agricultural worker, especially in feudal Europe, who cultivated land belonging to a landowner, and who was bought and sold with the land | |
| plough | u.k spelling of plow | |
| oracle | somebody or something considered to be a source of knowledge, wisdom, or prophecy | |
| depreciate | to speak critically or disparagingly about something or somebody | |
| emancipation | the act or process of setting somebody free or of freeing somebody from restrictions | |
| stereotype | an oversimplified standardized image of a person or group | |
| poverty | the state of not having enough money to take care of basic needs such as food, clothing, and housing | |
| philosophy | the branch of knowledge or academic study devoted to the systematic examination of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, causality, and freedom | |
| palatable | having a good enough taste to be eaten or drunk | |
| intellectual | relating to or involving the mental processes of abstract thinking and reasoning rather than the emotions | |
| esculent | fit to be eaten | |
| biennial | happening every two years | |
| breadth | the distance or measurement of something from one side to the other | |
| augean | disgustingly dirty, like the Augean stables | |
| delecation | pleasure or enjoyment | |
| herdsman | somebody, especially a man, who owns or breeds cattle or other livestock | |
| stacte | in the Bible, a sweet spice mentioned as being used by the ancient Jews in making incense | |
| granite | a coarse-grained igneous rock made up of feldspar, mica, and at least 20 percent quartz. Use: building. | |
| venture | a risky or daring undertaking that has no guarantee of success | |
| logarithmic | the power to which a base must be raised to equal a given number. For example, the logarithm of 8 to the base 2 is 3, since 23 = 8. | |
| hanno | Carthaginian navigator who undertook a voyage of exploration along the west coast of Africa. | |
| tare | the seed of a tare or vetch | |
| trot | to move at a jogging pace that is faster than walking but not as fast as running | |
| gauge | to determine the amount, quantity, size, or extent of something | |
| divulge | to reveal information, especially information that was previously secret | |
| pantaloon | a character in Italian commedia dell'arte, a very thin man of advanced years who is easily tricked and who wears pantaloons and slippers | |
| premise | a proposition that forms the basis of an argument or from which a conclusion is drawn | |
| legislative | involved in the writing and passing of laws | |
| moult | u.k spelling of molt which means to shed feathers, hair, or skin periodically, especially seasonally, in order to allow replacement of what is lost with new growth | |
| exogenous | originating outside an organism or system | |
| masquerade | a costume worn to a masquerade | |
| clad | branch, shoot | |
| defray | to provide money to pay for part or all of the cost of something | |
| somerset | county in southwestern England that includes Glastonbury, Exmoor, and Cheddar. Taunton is the county town. | |
| minerva | in Roman mythology, the goddess of wisdom and patron of arts, trade, and the art of war, who was born fully armed from the head of Jupiter. | |
| momus | in Greek mythology, the god of fault-finding and mockery | |
| scurvy | a disease caused by insufficient vitamin C, the symptoms of which include spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes | |
| myriad | so many that they cannot be counted | |
| pharaoh | somebody in a position of authority, especially somebody who is harsh, gives unreasonable orders, and expects unquestioning obedience | |
| woodchuck | a heavy-set short-legged marmot with brownish fur streaked with gray. Native to: northern North America | |
| superfluous | in excess of what is needed | |
| apotheosize | beto glorify or exalt somebody or something | |
| sardana | a regional folk dance of Catalonia in which the dancers form a stately, slow-moving circle | |
| pewee | a drab medium-sized bird of the tyrant-flycatcher family with a plaintive song | |
| hew | to form or create something by cutting wood or stone | |
| shanty | a crudely built shack or hut | |
| doorsill | a piece of stone or hardwood that forms the bottom of a doorway | |
| perennial | describes a plant that lasts for more than two growing seasons, either dying back after each season, as some herbaceous plants do, or growing continuously, as some bushes do | |
| sapele | a wood that resembles mahogany | |
| encumbrance | a hindrance or burden to somebody | |
| garret | a room at the top of a house, immediately below the roof | |
| daube | in French cuisine, a dish of braised meat or vegetables, especially a traditional French dish of beef braised in wine | |
| evangelist | a writer of any of the four books of the Christian Bible known as a Gospel | |
| idle | not working, operating, producing, or in use | |
| thebes | capital city of ancient Egypt, situated on both sides of the Nile River, south of present-day Cairo. It first appeared in Egyptian records in the middle of the 3rd millennium bc, and served as the capital of Egypt until 1085 bc. It is across the Nile from the Valley of the Kings, the site of the tombs of the pharaohs | |
| slaughter | the brutal killing of a person or large numbers of people | |
| abstemious | not indulging in or characterized by excessive eating or drinking | |
| larder | a cool place, especially a small room or large cupboard, used for storing food | |
| hominy | dried and puffed whole kernels of corn that are eaten boiled, especially in the Southwestern dish known as | |
| shanty | a crudely built shack or hut | |
| wen | a cyst containing material secreted by a sebaceous gland of the skin, usually on the scalp or genitals. It may grow to an appreciable size and become infected. | |
| philanthropy | a desire to improve the material, social, and spiritual welfare of humanity, especially through charitable activities | |
| lunatic | considered thoughtless, ridiculous, or reckless | |
| beneficence | doing good or charitable acts | |
| benevolence | showing kindness or goodwill | |
| crude | roughly or unskillfully made or conceived | |
| botanic | relating to plants, especially to the scientific study of plants | |
| lunatic | considered thoughtless, ridiculous, or reckless | |
| beneficence | doing good or charitable acts | |
| benevolence | showing kindness or goodwill | |
| crude | roughly or unskillfully made or conceived | |
| botanic | relating to plants, especially to the scientific study of plants | |
| dispel | to rid somebody's mind of a thought or an idea, especially an erroneous one | |
| pore | a tiny opening in a leaf or stem of a plant used to absorb or release substances, e.g. in photosynthesis or respiration | |
| liberal | supporting, belonging to, or associated with the Liberal Party in Canada, the United Kingdom, or Australia | |
| cypress | city in southwestern California, a southeastern suburb of Los Angeles | |
| husbandry | the science, skill, or art of farming | |
| discriminate | to treat one person or group worse than others or better than others, usually because of a prejudice about race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender | |
| roost | a place where a bird rests or sleeps, e.g. a perch or a building with perches for domestic fowl | |
| exude | to communicate a particular quality or feeling in abundance and very clearly, usually through general behavior and body language | |
| serenade | a song used to court somebody, traditionally sung by a man in the evening outside a woman's window, or the performance of such a song | |
| requiem | a piece of music written to accompany a requiem mass | |
| pygmy | a member of a people of central and southern Africa | |
| hue | a color or shade of a color | |
| rudiment | a basic principle or skill, especially in a particular field or subject | |
| succinct | expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words | |
| lucid | rational, and mentally clear, especially only for a period between episodes of delirium or psychosis | |
| snout | the projecting part of a vertebrate's head, consisting of the nose and mouth, especially that of a mammal such as a pig | |
| corrosion | a process by which something, especially a metal, is destroyed progressively by chemical action, as iron is when it rusts | |
| plead | to beg earnestly | |
| enlighten | to give clarifying information to somebody | |
| aristocracy | people of noble families or the highest social class | |
| scornful | feeling or expressing great contempt for somebody or something | |
| astrology | the study of the positions of the Moon, Sun, and other planets in the belief that their motions affect human beings | |
| paltry | insignificant or unimportant | |
| cormorant | a large diving bird with webbed feet, a hooked beak, and a long neck that can expand to swallow fish | |
| steeple | : a tower forming part of a Christian church or another building, usually with a spire on top | |
| belfry | the part of a church steeple or a tower in which bells are hung | |
| metamorphose | to undergo a complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance, or make somebody or something undergo this | |
| gilt | a thin layer of gold or of a substance that looks like gold applied to a surface | |
| aliment aliment | something that feeds, sustains, or supports something else | |
| conduce | to help, contribute, or lead to bringing about an action or event | |
| broad | large from one side to the other | |
| adorn | to add decoration or ornamentation to something | |
| velvety | soft and smooth in a way that suggests the feel of velvet | |
| athwart | so as to be across or positioned crosswise over something | |
| dwell | to live and have a home in a particular place | |
| wit | the apt, clever, and often humorous association of words or ideas, or a capacity for it | |
| nostril | either of the two openings at the end of the nose of a person or animal | |
| unwearied | not tired, e.g. from working or playing | |
| spruce | an evergreen tree of the pine family with a pyramid shape, short needles, drooping cones, and soft light wood | |
| evince | to show a feeling or a quality clearly | |
| cedar | a tall evergreen tree with spreading branches, needles, and large rounded upright cones | |
| CoT | U.K. college of technology | |
| nymph | in mythology, a minor goddess or spirit of nature inhabiting areas of natural beauty such as woods, mountains, and rivers and traditionally regarded as a beautiful young woman | |
| stump | the base of a tree trunk and its roots after the tree has fallen or been cut down | |
| chickadee | a small titmouse that has gray feathers, a darker colored top to its head, and a distinctive call | |
| waterlogged | having absorbed so much water as to become spongy or marshy and difficult to walk or play on | |
| domes | a hemispherical roof, e.g. on a palace or cathedral | |
| urn | a closed vessel in which a hot drink, especially tea or coffee, is made in a large quantity and poured out through a spigot | |
| oriole | an orange and black songbird. Native to: North America | |
| imbibe | to take in and assimilate something such as an idea or experience | |
| solitude | the state of being alone, separated from other people, whether considered as a welcome freedom from disturbance or as an unhappy loneliness | |
| misanthrop | somebody who hates humanity, or who dislikes and distrusts other people and tends to avoid them | |
| resistless | not able to be resisted | |
| congregate | to come together in a group, or gather people or animals into a group | |
| torrent | a fast and powerful rush of liquid, especially water | |
| remunerate | to pay somebody for goods or services, or compensate somebody financially for losses sustained or inconvenience caused | |
| musty | smelling old, damp, and stale because of not having been used or exposed to fresh air for a long time | |
| acheron | in Greek mythology, one of the rivers that ran through Hades | |
| serpent | a sly or treacherous person | |
| munition | to supply somebody with weapons and ammunition | |
| ricochet | rebound | |
| frugal | involving very little expense | |
| trivial | lacking in seriousness, importance, or value | |
| sluggish | inactive and moving slowly or very little | |
| partridge | a medium-sized, ground-nesting bird with variegated feathers, related to pheasants and grouse | |
| gourami | a freshwater fish, many species of which are capable of breathing air and are often kept in aquariums. Native to | |
| dispense | to give a service or advice to several recipients | |
| hemlock | a very poisonous herb of the carrot family that has finely cut leaves, especially poison | |
| phenomenon | a fact or occurrence that can be observed | |
| immerse | to put something into a liquid so that it is entirely below the surface | |
| inferior | lower or low in rank, standing, or degree | |
| prorpotion | a quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number | |
| reformer | an active participant in the Reformation | |
| effete | characterized by decadence, overrefinement, or overindulgence | |
| cinque | the number five on cards or dice, or a throw of five in a dice game |
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