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E's Vocab

English Voc

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the native language or dialect of a country or region; everyday or informal language; using everyday language vernacular
the effective use of words designed to be impressive; showy and oratorical rhetorical
stimulating; pushing or tending toward action, thought or strong feeling provocative
to emphasize; to heighten the effect of; to pronounce or mark with an accent accentuate
condition or state of being complex, involved, or detailed; elaborateness intricacy
given to examination of one's own thoughts and feelings; contemplative introspective
well chosen for the occasion; appropriate; apt; having an agreeable or delightful manner of writing or speaking felicitous
to take (power, rights, position, etc.) by force, wrongfully, or without rights usurping
of wide scope; inclusive; thorough comprehensive
having more than one possible meaning; uncertain; vague or unclear ambiguous
introductory lines of a play; the preface to a literary work; an introductory or preceding event prologue
an opinion without proof; guesswork; to speculate; to guess conjecture
brief and to the point(in writing or speaking) concise tgerse
an individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings misanthrope
a symbolic story in which people, settings, or actions represent ideas or moral qualities allegory
lacking moral restraint; very wicked; immoral; undisciplined dissolute
the main character in a story or play; a person who plays a leading or active part in something protagonist
contemptible; deserving of scorn; vile despicable
not suitable or appropriate; not consistent; not conforming to a pattern incongruous
the quality or state of being fierce, savage, or relentless ferocity
a meeting for discussing a particular subject; a collection of writings on a subject symposium
to indicate or suggest beforehand; to give warning of foreshadow
to examine closely or critically scrutinizing
avoiding by cleverness; not straightforward; misleading evasive
to conclude on the basis of reasoning or observation infer
easily understood; clear; rational and sane lucid
to make perpetual, ongoing or constant; to cause to be remembered perpetuate
to call forth; to bring out; to elicit; to produce ( a reaction) evoke
a word or phrase that describes or characterizes a person or thing; a descriptive name epithet
praiseworthy; commendable laudable
an inexperienced person; a beginner novice
teasing or mocking in a good-natured playful manner; to engage in such playfulness banter
the suggested, or implied, meaning of a word, not its strict literal meaning; an idea or feeling associated with a word connotation
having a longing for things past nostalgic
fixed or regular pay; a salary or allowance stipend
wealthy; abundant; plentiful affluent
to restate; to repeat reiterate
to decorate or adorn; to improve a story by adding details, even false ones embellish
briefness of duration; shortness; gthe quality of being concise or to the point brevity
to drink; to drink in or absorb; to take in with the mind and keep imbibe
a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters anagram
a prod for driving cattle; anything that drives or urges; to urge on goad
not committing to any on position or course of action; not revealing one's purpose or position noncommittal
the act of declaring something; a claim or declaration stated positively assertion
impractically idealistic; marked by a romantic notion or noble or dhivalric ideas and deeds quixotic
logically connected; consistent; clearly expressed coherent
to talk or argue violently and loudly; to denounce; to explode suddenly fulminate
the long snout of an animal; a nose, especially a prominent one proboscis
impossible to explain or understand inexplicable
to guess or suppose; a guess based on little evidence surmise
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