Refute: to prove wrong by argument or proof

Trifle: toy or flirt

Stringent: tight, rigid. (Stringent law)
Nip:
Cognizance: knowledge, awareness, acknowledge
Coarse: of inferior quality or value
Shew: British way of saying show
Torrid: hot, scorch
Perplex: be confusing
Etiquette: rules governing socially acceptable behaviour
Thence: from that place or time
Desolation: grief, sadness, loneliness
Demarcate: distinguish, separate clearly
Ecstasy: a state of being beyond reason and self control
Grub: relating to food
Hitherto: up to this or that point
Encroach: to enter into the property of another, trespassing
Infringe: to encroach in a way that violates law or right of another
Psephology: a scientific study of elections
Inert: lacking the power to move
Jesuit: member of the Roman Catholic society of Jesus (1534)
Entropy: degree of disorder or ambiguity in a system
Abacus: an instrument for calculating by sliding rods
Spaghetti: pasta in the form of long stripes
Physiology: branch of biology that deals with functions and activities of life or living
matter.
Acquiesce: to accept or comply
Annihilate: to destroy the substance or nullify
Apt: quick, clever
Rabble: a disorganized or disorderly crowd
Distort: deform
Discourse: rationality, conversation
Tact: a good sense of what to do what to say in order to maintain good relations with
others and avoid offence
Wit: humour, brainpower
Deplorable: bad or unfortunate, in a bad shape, wretched
Destitute: lacking something needed or desired
Sedition:
Inflict: give (inflict pain)
Lamented: express grief verbally
Render: deliver
Ordinance: law or order
Ordnance: military supply
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Virtue: morality
Cradle: a bed or a cot for a baby
Allure: to attract by charm as in tempt
Allude: make a more or less disguised reference to
Wretch: someone u feel sorry for, poor devil, performs some wicked deed
Formidable: causing fear, extremely impressive in strength
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Assuage: to turn things into ones favour, satisfy
Abate: reduce the effect, make less intense
Up the creek: in trouble
Apothecary: chemist, pharmacist
Piety: being pious (godly)
Fidelity: being faithful
Dictum: rules, authoritative note
Diction: the way one expresses things, articulation of speech
Chattels: no possession of tangible goods
Impotent: lacking power or ability
Taciturn: reserved person or non-communicative
Hammock: hanging bed tied between two trees
Prudent: careful, sensible, arrive at right conclusions
Sagacity: the mental ability to by distinguishing and elevating, judgment
Talcum powder absorbs excess moisture
Amble: walk leisurely
Eccentric:
adjective grossly unusual
Noun a person with an odd personality
Quaint: strange in an interesting and pleasing way
Repertoire (reput-waar): a collection of works, entire range of skills or aptitude or devices
used in a particular field
Jut: extend out in space. His nose jutted out.
Picket: lookout, lookout man, a person put on watch for some anticipated event
Malevolent: evil
Benevolent: showing kindness
Iniquity: absence of moral or spiritual values
Morbid: unhealthy mental state
Nocturnal: active during the night
Predilection: taste
Domicile: reside, home, abode, dwelling, habitation
Pulpit, podium: a platform raised above the surrounding to give prominence to the person
speaking or talking on it
Nebulous: unclear
Auburn: a dark reddish-brown hair
Wallow: devote oneself entirely to something
Entailment: deduction, implication

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Auspicious: fortunate, auguring favourable circumstances and good luck

Dreary: lacking in liveliness
Alacrity: liveliness and eagerness
Mortify: cause to feel shame, hurt the pride of
Petrify: cause to become stone like, stiff and stunned
Chameleon: a changeable or inconstant person
Inquisitive: showing curiosity
Asinine: stupid or silly
Edification: uplifting enlightenment
Edify: make understand
Quibble: argue over petty things
Dismemberment: to cut into pieces, the removal of limbs
Peculiar: curious, queer, odd
Eccentricity: Strange and unconventional behaviour
Aberration, Deviance: a state or condition different (like mentally) from normal
Apparition: a ghostly appearance
Staccato (sto-kaa-tow): disconnected
Fitful: intermittently stopping and starting
Rattled: thrown into a state of agitated confusion
Brisk: quick and energetic
Frown: look angry or showing displeasure
Untrammelled: unlimited or not confined
Trammel: limit or place restrictions
Bleak: offering little or no hope
Perforate: have a hole cut through, penetrate
Pester: annoy consistently
Amber: a deep yellow colour
Cordial, affable, amiable: showing warmth and friendliness
Clenched: closed together tightly
Brow: the arch of hair above each eye
Ingenuous: innocent
Ingenious: showing inventiveness and skill
Splinter: a small bit of wood, glass or metal. Mullu
Sermons: preachings
Guileless: transparent, free of deceit
Fuss: worry unnecessarily
Despise: scorn, look down on with disdain
Obstreperous: noisily defiant
Sass: answer with disrespect
Sassy: improperly forward or bold, impertinent
Scurried: proceed hurriedly
Unfathomable: impossible to come to understand
Mausoleum: a large burial ground, usually above ground
Gauze: cotton wrapped in white cloth with holes for air and to hold the cotton inside

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Mosey: walk leisurely, amble

Lopsided: having one side lower, smaller than the other
Lumber: wood used as building material
Jubilantly: in a joyous manner
Walk leisurely
amble
Run at a moderately swift pace
trot
Proceed hurriedly
scurried
Walk as if unable to control ones movement lurch, stagger, and flounder
Walk unsteadily
wobble
Motion made by flapping (wings) up and down
flutter
Trod, trample, plod
Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
stroll
Jump lightly, move quickly from one place to another
hop
Reel: walk as if unable to control ones movement
Scuffle: walk by dragging ones feet

Feeling or showing extreme anger

apoplectic, livid
A thin rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or a choir
Crimson, red
scarlet
A feeling of anger caused by being offended

baton, wand

umbrage

Righteousness as a consequence of being honourable and honest

rectitude
Sharp piercing cry
shrieking
Deviating from the expected and usual, homosexual (offensive)
queer
Violently speaking against in public
tirade
A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
resentment
Fear due to knowledge of coming danger
consternation
Causing consternation
appalling
Strike with disgust or revulsion, disgust, scandalize
appal
Shout out loud, complain
holler
Paying proper attention to the task
diligence
Not serious in content, attitude or behaviour
frivolous
Shahrach: a game.?
A good hard soap with olive oil and sodium hydroxide
Castile
Clothing
habiliment
The tall structure usually containing a bell in the church
steeple
Angered at something unjust or wrong
indignant, umbrageous
Anger at something due to offence
umbrage
Showing an inclination to dispute
contentious
Ecclesiastical: of or associated to church. Ecclesiastical history of a church.
Any structure that makes progress difficult
impediment

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Assembly of people, things

Tumult, commotion
A noisy fight in the crowd

congregation
brawl

Inherited quality, present at birth

innate, indigenous
Someone who makes or sells illegal alcohol
bootleggers
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide (reveal confidently)
wary
Move restlessly
fidget
A loose dressing gown for women
negligee
Briefly giving the gist of something
succinct
Acceptance without protest
acquiescence
Bite or chew on with the teeth
gnaw
not easily ignored, Noticeable
obtrusive
Showing warmth and friendliness
affable, amiable, cordial
Marked by strong cynicism
acrimonious
Casual disrespect
impudent
Express through a scornful smile
sneer
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
acquit
Convict (kunvict: found guilty. kon-vict: person serving his sentence)
Physically and mentally exhausted
weary
A philosophical doctrine that says everything is predetermined and human beings are
powerless to change it
fatalism
Indicating lack of maturity, childish
infantile
Morally degraded, unpleasant and offensive
Sordid dirtiness

sordid
squalor

An irritating and obnoxious person

varmint (vaa-munt)
Being delicate or thin built
slender
One who lives in solitude, keeping away from society
Chronological events
annals
Introducing fundamental change, far from normal
The little info or action which stimulate what to do
A rich and spectacular ceremony
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Dandy (adj.): very good
Showing heroism
Strong feelings of embarrassment
mortification
Escape either physically or mentally
elude
Reckless behaviour that causes discomfort to others

recluse
radical
cue
pageant
gallant, dandy(noun)
gallantry, valour
shenanigan

Chowringhee
High and acting stupidly on chemical substance (like alcohol), drunk
inebriated
Night club - that provide entertainment as well as dancing, food and drink cabaret
Happy or elated
euphoric

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Hold firmly usually with ones hands

Misfortune, poor, pity
Cause to more favourably inclined, gain the good will of
Loud confusing disagreeable noise
Burp
A man paid to drive privately owned car
Having a mental age of 3 to 7 years
In an abundant manner
Marked by casual disrespect
Roman god of sleep and dreams
With desperation
A building where animals are butchered
Lack of respect accompanied by intense dislike
Insightfulness
A standard, typical or perfect example
Nave and easily tricked or deceived
In Christianity, sinners suffer eternally, Satans abode

clutch
hapless
placate, assuage
cacophony
belch
chauffeur (show-fur)
imbecile (im-buu, see-ul)
profusely
insolent
Morpheus
despondently
abattoir
contempt
acumen
epitome
gullible
perdition

The Namesake
Very thin especially due to a disease, hunger or cold
Transport from one place to another
A boat that transports people from one side of the river to the other
Absence of emotion or enthusiasm
Understanding and others feelings
Adversary

gaunt
ferry
ferry
apathy
empathy

An accusation of wrong doing

Call before a court to answer an indictment

indictment
arraign

A long wandering journey

odyssey

General
Someone who insists on great precision and correctness
purist
Someone who is extremely/dazzlingly skilled in any field
virtuoso
Resist doing something
refrain
Bold, fearless daring, brave
audacity
Impossible to satisfy
insatiable
highly attractive but harmful, working or spreading in a hidden and injurious way,
intending to trap
- Insidious
Showing evil
ominous

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Colossal, as great in size, force or extent as to elicit awe

prodigious
A recklessly extravagant consumer
prodigal
Person who returns home after travelling extravagantly, who now repents
prodigal son
The act of branching out or dividing into branches
ramifications
Very plain, appearing grim & minimally functional
austere
Feelings of excessive pride
conceit
Having both introvert and extrovert personalities
ambivert
Someone who dislikes people in general
misanthrope
A misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
misogynist
Person who hates marriages
misogamist
Practising great self denial
ascetic
An obscene act, trait of behaving in an obscure manner
obscenity
A deceptive manoeuvre
ruse
The highest point
apex (ey-peks)
Greeting, salute, an act of honour
salutation
To make a mistake or be incorrect
err
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something esp. on a persons body
-blemish
Mark, stain
stigma
Be completely full or fill as much as possible
brim
An indirect (usually malicious) implication
innuendo
The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle
blandishments
--insinuation (negative word)
Gain the goodwill of, satisfy
assuage (positive word)
To attract by charm
allure
Flattery intended to persuade
blandishment
Indirect reference
allude
Friction between a body and the surface it moves
traction, grip
Fearful expectation or anticipation
apprehension
Someone who takes more time than necessary, who lags behind
laggard
The restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement, condition -stipulation
Being partly responsible for, contributing
conducive
Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
fledge (flej)
Refrain from voting, choose not to consume
abstain
A passage selected from a large work
excerpt
Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
annuity
A person who is rejected (from society or home)
pariah
Escape either physically or mentally
elude
A document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights
charter
A final climatic stage
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Close in time, about to occur

imminent
Standing above others in quality or position
eminent
A familiar name for a person
sobriquet
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
farce (faas)
Overabundance of words, using too many words in sentence
verbiage (verb-i-ij)
The manner in which something is explained in words
diction
Remind, assist
cue
Small boat
canoe
A covering, with cloth, sometimes transparent
canopy
Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel, large and often sumptuous tent
marquee, pavilion
Rich and superior in quality
sumptuous, expansive
A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
amnesty
Morally degraded, unpleasant and offensive
squalid, sordid
Unhealthy mental state
morbid
Put down by force or intimidation
subjugated
An abusive attack on a persons character or good name
Slanderous defamation
Defame

defamation
smear
denigrate

Mercifulness
clemency
Transfer in the sense; exchange a penalty for a less severe one
commute
Argument, rivalry or competition
contention (--)
Cancel officially
annul
The re-establishing of cordial relations
reconciliation
Taking a dump
Defecation
Lasting an indefinitely long time
perennial
The psychological result of perception, learning and reasoning
cognition, noesis
(Access to sanitation can increase cognition)
Present from birth, not necessarily hereditary, native
indigenous, innate
Native, inborn, originating where it is found
indigenous
An expert able to appreciate a field (esp in fine arts)
connoisseur (ko-no-sur)
Concerned with practical problems
pragmatic
Verb: satisfy. Noun: contents in a pocket
content
Scorn, dislike
contempt
Achilles heel: a persons weak point. (story: when Achilles mother made her son bath in
a magical river to make him immortal but the heel by which she held him remained
vulnerable)
Concerned with or related to the past, past related or old
retrospective
Stead, place, position
lieu
Characteristic of someone eager to fight
belligerent
Take over or control
usurp
Make worse, make very annoyed or frustrated
exacerbate
A pause during which things are clam and activities are diminished
lull
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Sharp, practical hard-headed intelligence

shrewd
Help develop, help grow
foster
Fascinate, scheme, a crafty and involved plot
intrigue
Carrier carried on the shoulders of four bearers
palanquin
Must be kept sacred
sacrosanct
Eternal, forever
perpetual
Foreseeing the future
clairvoyant
Young noble man attendant on a knight
squire
A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
dipsomaniac
Close or warm friendship
intimacy
Small plaything with pieces of images reflected on a mirror in a tube
kaleidoscope
Wish, crave
covet
Confusing, perplexing
baffle
A strong liking
penchant (pon-shon)
Lofty in style
grandiloquent
A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead or pleasure
smirk
Extremely annoying or displeasing
vexing
The cultivation of plants
horticulture
The appearance convey by a persons face
countenance
Congratulations, praise
kudos
Exacting especially about details
finical
a finical eater
Giving careful attention to details, hard to please, excessively concerned with cleanliness
fastidious
The manner in which something is expressed in words
phraseology, diction
The study of spelling
orthography
An inquiry into the cause of unexpected death
inquest
Great coolness and composure under strain
sangfroid
Feeling a need to see others suffer
spite
Malevolence and benevolence are opposite words
Trait of being uncommunicative, not volunteering more than necc.
- Reticence, taciturnity
Speaking readily, clearly and effectively
eloquent
An incorrect or unsuitable name
misnomer
A shelter from danger or hardship, a closed place where sacred object are kept - sanctuary
Have only one colour
monochromatic
Someone who loves and collects books
bibliophile
Brave New World
Characterised by intense emotion
ardent
Cover with cloth
drape
Pale, abnormally deficient in colour as suggesting physical or emotional distress pallid
Translucent ceramic
porcelain

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Having strong sexual appeal

Proceed hurriedly
Talk to oneself
Treating others with condescension
Insincerely emotional
Move somewhere quickly, egg beater
A song of mourning composed as a memorial to a dead person
Contemptuous laughter
Nothing, zero, no value
Pat, splash
Morally degraded, foul and run-down
Shake or tremble as from fear
Not selective of a single person
Greet
In a begging manner
State of violent mental agitation
Touch or stroke gently in a loving manner
Recollection
Indicating lack of maturity, childish
Having a mental age of 3 to 7
Fill with high sprits, with optimism
Not noticeable, hard to see, invisible
Struck with fear, dread
An indifference to pleasure or pain
Boundary
Not injurious to physical or mental health
A feeling of extreme joy
Turn away from by persuasion
Showing great respect, worshipful
Permission to do something unwillingly (reluctantly)

luscious (lu-shus)
scurried
soliloquize
patronizing
maudlin
whisk
requiem
derision
cipher
dab
squalid, sordid
shudder
promiscuous
salutation
implore
delirium
fondle
reminiscence
infantile
imbecile
elate
inconspicuous
appalled
stoicism
frontier
innocuous
exultation
dissuade
reverently
succumb

Pride & Prejudice

Approval
Assent
Offend
Piquet: a card game for 2 players with 32 cards
The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
Feeling of excessive pride
Daydream
An inclination to do good or be kind
To understand
Mood, state of mind
Inoffensive work for an offensive one
(eg. Stout is a euphemism for fat)
Fix, repair that is broken

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commendation
acquiesce
pique (peek)
complacency
vanity
reverie
benevolence
comprehend
disposition
euphemism
mend

Criminal, vicious
reprehensible
"adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
Favourable circumstances, positive
propitious (pro-pi-shus)
In a hearty manner
cordially
Lenient, soft
indulgent
Freedom
discretion
Home, place one dwells on
abode (u-bowd)
Look stupid, be wide open
gaped
Insist
importune
Re-establishing cordial relations, getting two things to correspond/match reconciliation
Stopping
cessation
There
thither
Understandable
intelligible
Qualities of a hero or heroine, exceptional heroic qualities
gallantry
Giving excessive importance to how one appears and dresses
gallant
Lack of caution in practical affairs
imprudence
Awful, dreadful, terrible, horrible
abominable
Humiliation
mortification
A feeling of extreme joy
exultation
Happiness
felicity
Dominate
prevail
Indirect mention
allusion
Lobby, large entrance
vestibule (vestibyool)
Liveliness and eagerness
alacrity
Good at remembering
tenacious (tu-ney-shus)
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
obstinate
Lack of elegance due to pompous and puffed up with vanity
ostentation
A feeling of alarm or dread
trepidation, apprehension
Rudeness, impudence
impertinence
Hypothesis, theories, speculation
conjecture
Correct or appropriate behaviour
propriety
Backing, backup
patronage
An official residence for a parson/pastor provided by the church
parsonage
Strong disapproval
disapprobation
Act of running away with a lover (usually for marriage)
elopement
An extra performance given on demand by audience
encore
To agree
accede
Barrier
embargo
Official approval
approbation
Wolf Hall
Making high pitch voice
Gentle biting
Cunning, deceit

squeal
nibble
weasel

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Relating to events before marriage

Not stable, shaky
Incredible, unbelievable
A state of misfortune, hardship
An uncultured, rude, aggressive, noisy person
Interpretation, explanation
Act of lending at an exorbitant rate of interest

prenuptial
precarious
incredulous
adversity
ruffian
rendition
Usury (yoo-zhu-ree)

Jane Eyre
Bronte Family
Father. Patrick Bronte: 1777-1861
Mother. Maria Branwell: 1783-1821
Maria: 1814-1825. Died of TB
Elizabeth: 1815-1825. Same. Died of TB
Charlotte: 1816-1855. Jane Eyre (1847)
Patrick Branwell: 1817-1848. was a dipsomaniac. Painter.
Emily Jane: 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.
Anne: 1820-1849. Agnes grey. The tenant of Wildfell Hall
John Martin. Painter.

Except Anne all other sisters were educated in Cowan Bridge School. All of them died
of TB eventually.
Lenient, soft, Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone - indulgent
An inability to resist the satisfaction of whims and desires
indulgence
A false quality
pretension
Escape either physically or mentally
elude
Lack of self-confidence
diffidence
Eat way too much, eat like a pig rather immodestly
gorge
A display of bad temper
tantrum
Rough and bitter manner
acrimony
Curtain
drapery
Extremely poisonous or injurious, venomous
virulent
Lifeless
dreary
Verbal punishment
chastisement
A sleeveless dress like an apron worn over other clothing
pinafore
Beat with a cane
flog

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Poor enough to need help from others

Desert, lonely
Not having enough money to pay for necessities

indigent, destitute
desolate
penurious

The lack of financial resources

insolvency
Inform
apprise
Marked by an orderly, logically, consistent relation of parts
coherent
Absorb
imbibed
Flow under pressure
effusion
Erase
efface
Willing to be taught
docile
A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
eulogy
Diffusing warmth and friendliness
genial, amiable
Friendly
amicable
The quality of being holy
sanctity
Reduce in scope while retaining essential
abridge
A feeling of alarm or dread
trepidation, apprehension
Open fireplace
hearth
Talk socially without exchanging too much info
confabulate
Without using words or speech
inarticulate
A defamatory or abusive name
epithet
State of violent mental agitation
delirium, hysteria, frenzy
Commit a burglary or rob something
heist
Prove to be false by argument or proof
refute
Anonymous
anon
Deserving blame as being wrong or evil
culpable
After the expected or usual delay, late
tardy
Tastelessly showy
tawdry
A feeling of evil to come
foreboding, presentiment
harsh disapproval angrily, rebuke formally
reprimand
A speech of violent denunciation (speak out against)
tirade
Feeling or showing extreme anger
livid
Showing malicious ill will and desire to hurt
spiteful
With care and persistence
assiduously
The act of swallowing
deglutition
The act of releasing from a tangled or snarled condition
extrication
Bit
morsel
The feathers on a birds body
plumage (ploo-mij)
Disbelieving, distrustful
incredulous
Intrude in other peoples affairs or business, intrude unwontedly
Advance beyond the usual limit
Infringe: to encroach in a way that violates law or right of another.

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meddle
encroach

Interpret in the wrong way

A prayer to remove evil
Turned or twisted toward one side
Bossy
A child: son or daughter
Signal with the hands or nod

misconstrue
deprecation
awry (urI)
peremptory
bairn (bahn)
beckoned

A conversation esp. a formal one

Informal spoken language or conversation

colloquy
colloquial

The trait of being rude

Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
Not far distant in time, space, degree or circumstances
Character
Move restlessly
Full of difficulty or confusion
Weak
Suffering
The state of being forgotten
sharp
acutely insightful and wise
coming to right judgement
a sudden desire
characterized by intense emotion
open-handedness
impossible to subdue
dismal, drearily, in a cheerless manner
a platform from which criminals are executed
one retired from society for religious purposes
human face
marked by care and persistent effort
express discontent
the quality of a colour
slow and apathetic, dormant
give up
corrupt
excess, extra
awake
repeated too often
a name that has been assumed temporarily
bumpy
the likelihood of making errors
the abode of satan and the forces of evil
remove surgically
Subdue
work hard

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impudence
impetuous
nigh
lineament
fidget
perplex
enfeeble
woe
oblivion
acute
sagacious, sapient
sagacity
caprice
fervent, ardent, torrid
magnanimity
indomitable
scaffold
hermit
physiognomy
assiduous
repine
hue
torpid
renounce
sully
superfluous
arouse
trite
alias
jolty
fallibility
predition
amputate
quelled
toil, fag

one who works hard at boring things

ennui
enjoy, love, savour
play in a carefree manner

drudge
relish
frolic

1984
Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position
nuzzle
Imaginable
conceivable
Think, believe
conceive
Unbelieving, distrustful
incredulous
Disposed to believe on little evidence
credulous
A feeling of evil to come
presentiment
Situation from which extrication is difficult and trying
predicament
Unpleasantly loud and penetrating
blaring
Blindly attached towards an opinion and intolerable towards others
bigoted
Having deserted a cause or principle
renegade
A deliberate act of destruction in which equipment is damaged
sabotage
A publication containing a variety of works
compendium
Any opinions at variance with the orthodox position
heresy
Internal organs collectively
entrails
Make believe with an intent to deceive
feign, dissemble
Of an obscure nature
inscrutable, cryptic
Having a secret or hidden meaning
cabalistic
Move very fast
fleet
Partly melted snow
sleet
Ambiguous, equivocal
Burp, taepu
belch
Damaged by hard usage or beat up
battered
Walk heavily or roughly
trample
Behaviour, conduct
demeanour
Character
lineament
Make loud demands
clamour
So great in size, force as to elicit awe
stupendous, colossal
Innumerable, uncountable
myriad
Draw back as with fear or pain
quail
Mean, meaning
entail, implicate
An abrupt act of moving a person or group from an org
purge
Twist or pull violently
wrench
Castoff, disown
repudiate
Find offensive to the mind
loath
Of or relating to or using air
pneumatic
Having many complexly arranged elements
intricate
A social class who work for wages and do manual work
proletariat
Collect or look around for (food)
scrounge
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Adultery
fornication
Sleeping around
promiscuity
Someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner
caricaturist
Noisy quarrel
altercation
A state of commotion and noisy confusion
tumult
A boy or man
bloke
Be about
loiter
Come out better in a competition, race or conflict
vanquish
Impossible to satisfy
insatiable (in-sey-shu-ble)
Doubt about the truth of something, distrustful
incredulity
Disbelief
incredulous
Young trees
saplings
Foolish, stupid, folly, lunacy
Approach
impend
Tangible
palpable
Love affair, a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
intrigue
Immune to attack, cant tamper with
impregnable
Corrupt morally, pervert, profane (like in future)
debauch
Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive
sordid
No longer in use
obsolete
Lukewarm, tepid
Intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fecundity, fertile
Revenge
retaliation
Disciples
adherent
Faithfully following a program, regime, party or religion
adherence
Continue
perpetuate
Immoderately desirous of acquiring eg., wealth, greedy
avaricious
Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
stratified
A political system governed by a few people
oligarchy
Having ultimate power
omnipotent
A relief from harm or discomfort
respite
Excessive intolerance of opposing views
fanaticism
Remorse for your past conduct
penitence
Attracts, charms, interest
appeal
Extreme leanness
emaciation

Boswells Johnson
Marmion
Chaucere
Milton
Byron

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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Make complaining remarks or noises under ones breath
Lively and humorously cheeky
Hate, dislike
Spread or diffuse through
Madly, in an uncontrolled manner
Resist or confront with resistance
Apart, torn into pieces
Hot-headedly, impulsively
Hard metallic sound
Having a secret or hidden meaning
A drink credited with magical powers
Hinder or prevent
The act of correcting oneself from wrong doing
State of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Expressing sorrow
Embarrassed
Play in a carefree manner
Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
In deplorable condition
Delicately beautiful
Bouquet
A large gathering of people
Let go, give up
Quiver, quake
Relating to cooking
In a gay manner
A gay feeling
An official award
Stick used by disabled people
Tightly wore trousers
A sudden outburst of anger
Stick used to hit the ball in polo
Indigestion, stomach upset
Giving attention to minute details, hard to please
Ignore, refuses to acknowledge
A mild rebuke or criticism
Avoid ones assigned duties
In a rebellious manner
Easily irritated and annoyed
Take ones time, proceed slowly, lag
Move restlessly

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grumble
impertinent
detest
pervade
frantic
defy
asunder
impetuous
clank
cabalistic, cryptic
philter
thwart
retribution
rapture
plaintive
abashed
frolic
penitent
dilapidated
dainty
throng
relinquish
culinary
gaily
gaiety
commendation
crutch
pique (pee-key)
pique (peek)
mallet (malit)
dyspepsia
fastidious
snub
reproach
shirk
defiantly
petulant
dawdle
fidget

Nervous and unable to relax

fidgety
By means of = by dint of
Persistence
perseverance
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
blemish
A state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
sobriety
Have love affairs; with men
philander
A feeling of intense indignation
dudgeon
Used only in the phrase in high dudgeon
Attic, loft, garret
A privileged family holding hereditary titles
aristocracy
Characterised by undue haste and lack of thought
impetuous
Change to deceit
rig
Be persistent, refuge to stop
persevere (pur-su-veer)
A mental impression retained and recalled from the past
reminiscence
Causeless
fortuitous
State of being linked together as in a chain
concatenation
A very steep cliff
precipice (pre-su-pis)
Mixing any two or more things
concoction
Outcome of a complex sequence of outcomes
denouement
A special anniversary
jubilee
Highly abstract and overly theoretical
metaphysical
An official award usually given as formal statement
commendation
Courage, strength in mind
fortitude
An expert able to appreciate a thing
connoisseur
Agitation
ferment
Bossy
imperious
Sponsor
patronize
Worthy of admiration, inspiring awe
sublime
Patience and forbearance
Pretend to be someone or something that you are not
masquerade
Cumbersome, difficult to use
cumbrous
A feeling of excessive concern
solicitude
Greatly desire
covet
Completely neat and clean
immaculate
Deep or seriously thoughtful
pensive
Attract
beguile
Characterised by intense emotion
fervent
Denial and rejection of a belief
abnegation
Insinuation: indirect reference in a bad way. Allude: in a normal way. Not malignant.
Simple, humble
modest
Disobedient, uncontrollable
incorrigible
Not shortened, as in omitting something
unabridged

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Impossible to comprehend or percept
Bootlicking as in to win favour from influential ppl by flattery
Introduce or insert oneself in a subtle manner
Disappointingly unsuccessful
Give new life or energy to
Feelings or great warmth and intensity
Disciples
Faithfully following a program
A crafty and involved plots to achieve, your sinister, ends
Someone who kills his own parent
A temp pause, suspension
Express
Confirming that a statement is true through evidence
A feeling of evil to come
Fear
Alarm

imperceptible
obsequious
insinuate
thwarted
revivify
fervour
adherents
adherence
intrigue
parricide
abeyance
evince
corroboration
presentiment
apprehension, trepidation
consternation

Fill, as with a certain quality

Immune to attack
Cut the head of
Sacrifice
Acutely insightful and wise
Something causing misery or death
Poor enough to need help from others
A feeling of strong eagerness
Find offensive to mind
Harshness of manner
Request earnestly
Place, position
Shaky
Inharmonious, inconsistent, unfitting
Lower someones spirits
Predict from an omen
A pause from work
Accuse openly or formally
Mercy
In a sharp manner
Throw into
Abode of Satan
Offensive to the mind
Careful consideration

impregnate
impregnable
decapitate
immolate
sagacious
scourge
destitute
ardour
execrate, repugnant
asperity
entreat, beseech
lieu
precarious
incongruous
deject
augur
respite
stigmatize
clemency
sapiently
plunge
perdition
repugnant
deliberation

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Trait of not consuming alcohol

Easily broken into small fragments
Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
With restored energy
Think deeply about a subject or question over a period of time
Of an obscure nature
Hesitate on moral grounds

abstinence
friable
despondency
invigorated
ponder, pensive
inscrutable
scruple

Dante Alighieri
Martin niemoller

Persistent determination
Give up
Speak out against
The act of committing a crime
Rebelliousness
defiance
Liveliness and eagerness
Sentinel, picket, lookout, scout
Sudden uncontrollable contractions of muscle
Sickness
Rescue or saving
Doubt about the truth of something, disbelief
The act of adding notes
A mild rebuke or criticism
Reverence, veneration
With extreme conscientiousness, unprincipled
Arouse, evoke
Assist in time of difficulty
Sign, an event that is expected and imp
Extremely hot, most ardent
Lacking sufficient water or rainfall
Quickness, rapid
Rash impulsiveness
Hole, opening
Pay close attention to
Intensity of emotion
Extreme greed for material wealth
Beg, protest, pray
Fails, sinks below deep
Counting, number list
Building that stands more or less permanently

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perseverance
renounce
denounce
perpetration
alacrity
convulsion
malady
deliverance
incredulity
annotating
reproach
scrupulously
elicit
succor
augury
fervent
arid
celerity
impetuosity
aperture
heed
vehemence
cupidity
implore
founder
enumeration
edifice

Confirm, affirm the statement

Isolation of patients to prevent further spread of the disease
Put into jail
Improperly forward or bold
Smooth tongue
Talkativeness
Hypothesis
Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
In the middle of
Correct or appropriate behaviour
Insurance
Patience
Conspicuously and outrageously bad
Confidently optimistic and cheerful
Accompanied by bloodshed
A word or phrase that ends the same backward and forward
Help as in avail himself
The study of spelling
Marked by strong resentment or cynicism, bitter
Resist doing something
Elaborating
Characterized by unrest, disorder and insubordination
Bouquet, nosegays
Set afire
Boxer
Truthfulness
A speech of violent denunciation
A person who does not acknowledge your god
Reduced to nothingness
Joyful and proud esp bcsz of triumph
Speak to someone
A journey from a large group to escape from a hostile environment
A channel for communication between groups
A deceiver who attracts customer with tricks and jokes
Of an obscure nature
Sapient, sagacious
A state of extreme confusion and disorder
Hate
A superior quality paper resembling lambskin
Clear and bright
Admiration
Allow, grant, go well together
accord
Unnoticed
Moderate or inferior in quality

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corroborate
quarantine
incarcerate
impertinent
glib
loquacity
conjecture
penitent
amid
propriety
indemnity
forbearance
egregious
sanguine
sanguinary
palindrome
avail
orthography
acrimonious
refrain
expatiating
tumultuous
kindled
pugilist
veracity
tirade
infidel
obliterated
jubilant
accost
exodus
liaison
charlatan
inscrutable
pandemonium
detest
parchment
limpid
esteem
Imperceptible
mediocre

Forlorn: hopelessness
Fervour: feelings of great warmth and intensity, excitement, ardour
He spoke with great fervour
Fervent: characterized by intense emotion, extremely hot, ardent, torrid
A fervent desire to change the society
Furtive: secret and sly manner, sneaky
Feign: not genuine, pretend with the intent to deceive
Fetter: shackles for ankles or feet, restrains
Intense aversion

repugnance

Payback, a justly deserved penalty

Revenge

retribution
retaliation

Dared
Movement of horse when all 4 legs are off the ground
Characterized by high sprits and animation
Irregularly slashed and torn
Mysterious, of an obscure nature
A large and often sumptuous tent
Carriage
Growing or occurring at many parts of the world
Adversity, hardship
Call to remembrance
Proprietor: owners of a mansion
Propriety: correct or appropriate behaviour
Propriety in manners and conduct
Exception from punishment or loss
To a great psychological depth
Rupture in blood vessel leads to lack of oxygen in the brain
Causing consternation
Strong belief
Greedy
Recollection
View as
Concentration
A sudden desire
Guilty of a misdeed, neglectful
In a self-satisfied manner
A guide who conducts and informs sightseers
Truthfulness, unwillingness to tell lies
Braveness
Dangerous
Cause to lose courage
Mosam, denigration, slander
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

durst
gallop
vivacity
lacerated
inscrutable
pavilion
equipage
cosmopolitan
affliction
commemorate

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decorum
impunity
profound
apoplexy
appalling
conviction
avaricious
reminiscence
deem
assiduity
caprice
delinquent
complacently
cicerone
veracity
fortitude
precarious
daunt
calumny
subterfuge

He wasnt sick, it was just a subterfuge

Provocation
Suffering
Relevant
Deep and harsh sounding when ill, emotional or from shouting
A deception manoeuvre, ruse
Force
With one leg on each side
Opposer, antagonist
Formally reject or disavow something previously believed
A state of extreme dishonour
Truthfulness, unwillingness to tell lies
Frenzy, delirium, hysteria
Hypothetical remedy for all illness once sought by alchemists
Merciless
Assistance in the time of difficulty
Pale
Burden, load, hindrance
Trait of being rude
Greatly desired
Relating or involving money matter
Romantic, displaying love
Burning to destroy property
Shiver, quiver
Blameable
Early, intelligent
Compensation for a wrong
A standard, typical or perfect example, prototype
Stubborn

exhortation
woe
germane
hoarse
artifice
impel
astride
adversary
retract
infamy
veracity
panacea
implacable
succour
pallid
encumbrance
insolence
coveted
pecuniary
amorous
arson
shudder
culpable
precocious
expiation
epitome
obstinate

Brutus the battle of philippi

ww
piquet
harm done by the dead in 6000 years is equivalent to harm done by the living in a day!
True.
Brucine: a poison of natural bases (nitrogen).
Mithridates

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Angels & Demons

Learned
Rumour
An indication that something has been present
Blemish

erudite
hearsay
vestige
Smear

Extreme excess
Excess, more than required

Plethora
redundant

Grand
Flowery

sumptuous, Expansive
ornate

A feeling of alarm or dread

Alarm
Fear

trepidation
consternation
apprehension

Philosophical
Completely abstract

metaphysics
metaphysical

Steer, manoeuvre
Overcome with amazement
A small opening to a large hall
Grow rapidly
Tight
Persistent, never-ceasing
Act of burning something completely
No longer in force, dead
Having unlimited power
Indicating evil intent
Courtesy towards women, politeness
Requiring attention or action
Faultless
Decorative added may be a dress or something in food for flavour
Coliseum, amphitheatre
Dome, furnace
A secret meeting to elect the new pope in Sistine chapel
Grand, lofty
Building that stands more or less permanent
Metal glove for hand
Havoc, disturbance
A channel for communication between two grps, secr. Sex rel.
Marked by strong resentment, bitter

veer
flabbergast
alcove
proliferate
taut
relentless
incineration
defunct
omnipotent
ominous
chivalry
imperative
immaculate
garnish

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cupola
conclave
sublime
edifice
gauntlet
mayhem
Liaison
acrimonious

Frown, scowl
Hold spellbound, enchant
enthral
Mentally or physically lacking strength with age
senile
Bombastic, lofty in style
turgid (-ve)
Become wide, dilate
distend
Deceit
dissimulation
Display proudly, show off
flaunt
Private or religious school
seminary
Lack of sufficient oxygen
Asphyxiate
intensify, animate, lively
invigorate
a rectangular stone pillar with a pyramid shape on top
obelisk
corner, niche
a stone coffin
sarcophagus
source of vocal tone in a speech
larynx
profound scholarly knowledge
erudition
Professional killer who uses a gun, gunman, hit man
torpedo
Without knowledge or intent, telikunda or anukokunda
inadvertently
Unable to perceivable to mind
imperceptible
Shine, radiance, quality of being bright and showing light
effulgence
Intense aversion
repugnance
An accurate clock
chronometer
Burial ground
necropolis
A feeling of profound respect for someone
veneration, reverence
Disregarded or forgotten
limbo, oblivion
Free from pathological microorganisms
sterile
A person who is disgusting
abhorrence, abomination
Extremely evil or cunning, demonic
diabolic
Indicating evil
ominous
Decree, order
ordain

Illuminate called themselves hassassin bcsz they used to consume hashish. The word
assassin was derived from this..

Animal Farm
One Thousand Useful Things to Do About the House, Every Man
His Own Bricklayer, and Electricity for Beginners
Shameful

ignominious
An ignominious retreat
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Intended to attract notice and impress others

Spontaneous
Distant, stay away from
Dirty, unethical and dishonest
Unhealthy mental state
Likely
Hinder, prevent, spoil
disappointingly unsuccessful
Payback
Daughterly
Schizophrenia: distortions from reality, a psychological disorder

pretentious
impromptu
aloof
sordid
morbid
liable
thwart
thwarted
retribution
filial

The Lord of the Rings

Noticeable, pointing out
A covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
Conspicuously and outrageously bad
Famine
Act, something that people do
Abode, housing, dwelling
Think moodily and anxiously about something
Roofed
A secret store of valuables or money
Energy, active strength of body and mind
Something considered choice to eat
Exquisite, delicacy
A man who is much concerned with dress and appearance
Spontaneous, with little or no preparation (extemporary)
Frown with displeasure
Remorseful
Unknowingly
Somewhat ill
Thwart, foil, hinder, prevent
Heresy, unorthodoxy
Traditional knowledge
Territory
Doubt
Alienate, remove from the customary environment
Be quiet
Walk
An irritating and obnoxious person
Become smaller or lose substance
His savings dwindled down
Bite or chew on with teeth
Being of delicate or thin built
A flash of light
Make a dry cracking sound
Feeling a need to see others suffer

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obtrusive
arcade
egregious
dearth
deed
dwell
thatched
hoard
vigour
dainties
dainty
dandy
impromptu
scowl
rueful
inadvertently
indispose
lore
province
sully
estrange
hush
wade
varmint
dwindle
gnaw (nor)
slender
glimmer
rustle
malice, spite

Breath noisily as one is exhausted

Dull, not clear as if wrapped
Push forcefully
A cart for small load
Most essential or most vital part of an (argument), bone marrow
Unequivocal, unambiguous, definite
A ritual recitation of words believed to have magical effect
Acting with uncertainty
Shrink
Jumping
Pile, a small elevation, or a small hill
Drink made by fermenting rather than distilling
Band around horses belly that holds the saddle gear in position
Dike, dam
A platform on which hay or corn is stacked
Wry smile
Howl, roar
Weird, unearthly, preternatural
Wrong, amiss, awry, imperfectly
Suspicious, untrusting
Frown with displeasure
Dark skinned
Hold or squeeze tightly
Hesitate
Cause to lose courage
Disturb the smoothness of
In a rebellious manner
Sing, like little birds
Excessively agitated, mad
Plodding, drudgery, donkey-work
A dense growth of bushes
Move aimlessly or without any destination
Crowd or draw together, deggariki raavadam
Shine with a weak light
Shine brightly
A slight suggestion or vague understanding
Pass out from weakness
Dark
Attract interest or draw favourable attention
A piece of land with few or no trees in the middle of the wooded area
Learn, knowledge
Traditional knowledge
Away from the right path
Almost, nigh

gasp
muffle
thrust
barrow
marrow
incantation
grope
shrivel
bounding
mound
brow (broo)
girth
staddle
wail
uncanny
wary
scowl
swarthy
clench
waver
daunt
ruffle
defiantly
warble
frantic
thicket
stray
huddle
shimmer
glimmer
glimmering
swoon, conked
sullen
appealing
glade
larn
lore
astray

It is you and that which you bear that brings us all in peril
A mental representation of some haunting experience, ghost
Embarrass, abash
Any large dark enclosed space
Great merriment

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wraith
cavern
mirth

Become smaller and loose substance

Treasure found in the earth someones (unknown)
Physically and mentally fatigued
Filled with
Fraught with all his malice
Feeling a need to see others suffer
A feeling of evil to come
The trait of being rude
News, tidings, information about recent and imp. Events
Warhorse, a spirited horse for state of war
Surrounded by hostile forces
A temp. relief from harm
Soften
Resolute without fear
Tread, trod, trodden
Interrupted
Burn to charcoal
Complex
Envy, wish
News
Strike with an axe
Cut, notch
Draw back
Help, service
Pay attention, heed
Being of delicate or thin built
Escape, elude
Arousing affect, touching
Tie up, secure a birth, like a parked boat
Fill by packing tightly
Confuse
Walk with great difficulty
Twinkle
Shimmer
The natural outer covering of food
What needs to be eaten to sustain the human body
Shine brightly
Shine with a weak or fitful light
Be shiny as if wet
Lacking sufficient water, lifeless or lacking spirit
Prevent, hinder
Cover
A blemish made by dirt
A smoky fire to drive away insects
Hem, stitch
Varmint, vermin
Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to heat
Climb awkwardly
Physical and mental fatigue
Suspicious
Sit, as on a branch

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dwindle
trove
weary
fraught
malice
foreboding, presentiment
insolence
steed
besieged
respite
relent
doughty
fitful
char
intricate
covet
tidings
hew
quail
avail
slender
poignant
moor
stow
confound
flounder
rind
sustenance
glimmer
shimmer
glint
arid
thwart
shroud
smudge
smudge
parched
clamber
weary
wary
perch

Glade: a piece of land in woods with no or few trees

Dingle : a small wooden hollow
Make loud demands
clamour
Fill to capacity
brim
A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing/smouldering
ember
Brood, ponder
A long artificial mound built of stone or earth to hold back water
embankment
An embankment built around a space for defensive purpose
rampart
Unrestrained and violent
rampant
Rampant aggression
Search blindly or uncertainly
grope
Besiege, hem in

Draw back as with fear or pain

A negotiation between enemies
Menace, ominous
Make fierce, angry
Something that is a source of danger
Resist
Inflict a heavy blow, as with a hand or tool or a weapon
Wrath, livid
Fall, sink, break down, collapse
Little bent
With desperation
Ripen and generate pus, maturation
Pale, sick
A state of extreme poverty

quail
parley
infuriate
menace
defy
smite
founder
hunch
despondently
fester
pallid
privation

Figure of speech
Idiom: used to express something in a quiet different way.
You spilled the beans (you let out a secret)
Metaphor: compares two objects/things without using the words "like" or "as"
Simile; compares two objects through some connective word such as like, as, so
Hyperbole: use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech
The bag weighed a ton
Personification: is attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a
human being
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Synecdoche: in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or viceversa
"the gray beard" representing an older man
"An Einstein" to represent a class of people: geniuses

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The Picture of Dorian Grey

Fix firmly, settle
Quivering as from weakness or fear
Lacking spirit or liveliness

ensconce
tremulous
languid

A peacock in every thing but beauty

Easily irritated or annoyed
Repentance, penitence
A quarrel about petty points
Saunter, stroll
Hold spellbound
Elaborate
Disconnected
Cosmopolitan, universal
A short full of meaning instructive saying
Uncorrectable
Disagree
Cheap and shoddy
Make imperfect, blemish
Present day
Rich and superior in quality
The condition of being formally forgiven by a priest
A person who doesnt acknowledge your god
Shocking
Lacking spirit and liveliness
Morally pure, pure and simple in design or style
Absence of moral or spiritual values

petulant
squabble
enthral
expound
staccato
aphorism
incorrigible
discord
tawdry(tar-dree)
mar
contemporary
sumptuous
absolution
infidel
lurid
languid
chaste
iniquity

Allude +
Innuendo --

Wuthering Heights
Blocked
Barrier

barred
embargo

Great and constant diligence and attention

Very plain, appearing grim and minimally functional
A situation from which extrication is difficult
Remove excessive words, shortened
Space created by a mowing machine or a scythe
Flirt

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assiduity
austere
predicament, plight, quandary
abridged
swath (swoth)
Coquette

Never played the coquette

Steadiness of mind under stress
Easily irritated and annoyed
The quality of being wordy and talkative
A trait of being rude
Approval
Widely separated especially in space
Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain
Wish, long or crave for
A specially, long letter
Make very annoyed or frustrated
Brilliantly clever
Give in as to pressure, yield
Struck with fear, dread or consternation

equanimity
peevish
loquacity
insolence, impertinent
commendation
asunder
stoical
covet
epistle
exasperate
scintillating
relent
appalled

Retaliation: revenge
Reconciliation: the re-establishing of cordial relations
Relinquish: give up, let go
Repent: regret
Reproach: express criticism towards
Rebuke: censure severely and angrily
Retract: Draw back, reject
Redemption: salvation
Succinct, succumb, succour
Briefly giving the gist of something, compact
A feeling of extreme joy
One who lives in solitude
Easily irritated and annoyed
Avoid
Confuse, perplex
Lacking spirit or liveliness
Deceive
Lasting a very short time
Distinguish
Efficiently
Showing little or no emotion
Approaching

Mr. Lockwood- the tenant

Heathcliff the adopted
Isabella his wife
Linton- their son

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succinct
exultation
recluse
petulant, peevish
obviate
confound
languid
delude
transient
discern
expeditiously
apathetic
impending

Catherine Earnshaw
Mr. Linton Edgar her husband
Little cathy- their daughter
Hindley Earnshaws son - Hareton Earnshaw
Ellen Nelly- the helper. Mrs. Dean

Lord of the flies

Image :
effigy
Being essentially equal to something, equivalent
tantamount
Doubtful, questionable

dubious

SBI PO
Penurious: lacking money to pay for necessities
Destitute: poor enough to need help from others
Luminous: softly bright or glowing
Commodious: large and roomy
Egregious: conspicuously and outrageously bad
Resplendent: having great beauty and splendour
Infirm: lacking bodily or muscular strength
Insipid: Lacking taste, flavour or tang
Ersatz: Artificial and inferior
Glaze: Furnish with glass
Scintillating: Brilliantly clever
Pernicious: Exceedingly harmful
Diffident: Showing modest reserve
Sardonic: Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Ironical: Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and
what actually is
Flaccid: Drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
Diabolical: Showing the cunning, ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
Hamstring: Make ineffective or powerless (hamstrung)
Inculcate: Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
Admonition: Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other
unpleasantness)
Brazen: Unrestrained by convention or propriety

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Boisterous: Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Choleric: Easily moved to anger
Vivacious: Vigorous and animated
Virtuoso: Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Adroit: Quick or skilful or adept in action or thought
Bellicose: Having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Vociferous: Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Flamboyant: Marked by ostentation but often tasteless
Prismatic: Of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism
Irrevocable: Incapable of being retracted or revoked
Dereliction: A tendency to be negligent and uncaring
Maudlin: Effusively or insincerely emotional
Sloth: A disinclination to work or exert yourself, laziness
Tenacious: Good at remembering, Stubbornly unyielding
Tedious: So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Sordid: Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive; slovenly
Shoddy: Of inferior workmanship and materials
Despondent: Without or almost without hope
Morose: Showing a brooding ill humour
Insolent: Marked by casual disrespect
Iconoclast: A destroyer of images used in religious worship
Loquacious: full of trivial conversations
Brazen: Unrestrained by convention or propriety
Bucolic: A country person
Fusillade: Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
Trumpery: (informal) statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
Malediction: The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
Rubicund: Inclined to a healthy reddish colour often associated with outdoor life
Pallid: pale, sick
Lackadaisical: Lacking spirit or liveliness
Haggard: Showing the wearing effects of overwork, care or suffering
Laconic: Brief and to the point; effectively cut short
Verbose: Using or containing too many words
Verbiage: The manner in which something is expressed in words, choice of words
Meticulous: Marked by precise accordance with details
Moribund: Not growing or changing; without force or vitality, stagnant
Adamant: Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
Construe: Make sense of; assign a meaning to, interpret
Dissipate: Cause to separate and go in different directions
Duress: Compulsory force or threat
Facile: Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
Junta: A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
Beatific: Experiencing or bestowing celestial joy
Buffoon: A person who amuses others by ridiculous behaviour, clown
Cataclysm: A sudden violent change in the earth's surface, disaster
Conscript: Enrol into service compulsorily
Carp: Raise trivial objections
Ignominy: A state of dishonour, shame
Inscrutable: Of an obscure nature, mysterious
Kaleidoscope: A complex pattern of constantly changing colours and shapes
Maudlin: insincerely emotional

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"maudlin expressions of sympathy"

Panacea: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing
Obselete:
Obsolete: No longer in use
Furore: An interest followed with exaggerated zeal
Purloin: Make off with belongings of others
Braggadocio: Vain and empty boasting
Diatribe: Thunderous verbal attack
Lament: Express grief verbally
Grandiose: Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
Maestro: An artist of consummate skill
Consummate: perfect. Another is complete a mariage
Inundate: Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid, flood
Gainsay: Question the truth or validity of; take exception to, challenge
Enervate: Weaken mentally or morally
Engender: make, call forth
Engulf: Devote (oneself) fully to
Enunciate: Say (a word, phrase or syllable) in a certain way
Diction: The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the
audience
Despot: A cruel and oppressive dictator
Commensurate: Corresponding in size, degree or extent
Delectable: Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste, delicious
Chagrin: Strong feelings of embarrassment
Candour: Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
Garrulous: Full of trivial conversation, talkative
Doughty: Resolute and without fear
Cantankerous: Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Capacious: Large in capacity
Genteel: Marked by refinement in taste and manners
Evanescent: Tending to vanish like vapour
Placid: not easily irritated, tranquil
Blithe: lacking concern, carefree
Desultory: Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to
another, purposeless
Melange: A motley assortment of things
Debonair: Having a sophisticated charm
Pensive: Deeply or seriously thoughtful, brooding
Paramount: Having superior power and influence
Histrionic: Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
Sporadic: Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances, fitful
Hallowed: worthy or religious respect, sacred
Apposite: being of striking appropriateness
Unalloyed: free from admixture, pure
Presage: be a sign of something to come, forecast
Lachrymose: showing sorrow
Neophyte: new plant found in a place
Hypnotic: relating to hypnosis
Delinquent: guilty of a misdeed
Copiously: abundantly, in an abundant manner

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Doughty: resolute without fear

Daunt: cause to loose courage
Culpable: blameable
Preface
Epilogue
Sigbritt Lothberg
Peter Lothberg
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Scowl: a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
Abject: most unfortunate or miserable, showing utter hopelessness
Tantalising: arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
Admonish: warn strongly, put on guard
Vice: moral weakness
Languid: lacking spirit of liveliness
Emaciate: cause to grow thin or weak
Expostulate: reason with, argue
Insurmountable: aapukolelanta
Insurmountable repulsion
Nape: back side of the neck
Nape of the neck

WORDS IN SENTENCE
Bitterly cold, bitterly funny story

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