📘 Sophisticated English vocabulary

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insinuate
he was insinuating that she slept her way to the top
sākt mācīties
imply, hint, suggest
malapropism
dance a flamingo instead of flamenco
sākt mācīties
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word
gainsay
sākt mācīties
deny or contradict
proscribe
strikes remain proscribed in the armed forces
sākt mācīties
forbid
aspersion
sākt mācīties
vilification, disparagement
ennui
sākt mācīties
boredom, tedium, lethargy
disgruntle
sākt mācīties
angry or dissatisfied
virulence
sākt mācīties
rancour, bitter hostility
surmise
sākt mācīties
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it, conjecture, guess
primordial
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ancient, primeval-
primeval
mile after mile of primeval forest
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ancient, of the earliest time in history
indelible
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ineradicable- unable to be destroyed or removed
bedizen
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dressup or decorate gaudily
resplendent
sākt mācīties
splendid
conflate
sākt mācīties
combine into one
acquiescence
sākt mācīties
the reluctant acceptance of something without protest
prodigal
sākt mācīties
wasteful, extravagant, profilgate- wasteful
incarcerate
sākt mācīties
imprison or confine
truant
if my daughter had been truanting from school i would have been informed
sākt mācīties
absentee, not go to
insubordinate
an insubordinate attitude
sākt mācīties
disobedient
entreaty
sākt mācīties
plea, humble request
injunction
sākt mācīties
authoritative warning or order
inveracious
sākt mācīties
true, accurate
verity
irrefutable, objective verity
sākt mācīties
truth
prevaricate
during the listening the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend
sākt mācīties
speak or act in an evasive way
prognosticate
sākt mācīties
foretell or prophesy
croon
sākt mācīties
sing softly, hum
consign
sākt mācīties
send, deliver
confer
let me confer with her
sākt mācīties
consult, have discussions, exchange opinions
explicate
sākt mācīties
explain, analyse
capitulate
sākt mācīties
surrender
yield
sākt mācīties
surrender, capitulate
dissemble
sākt mācīties
conceal or disguise one’s true feeling or opinion
partisanship
sākt mācīties
bias
brevity
sākt mācīties
concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.
presumptious
sākt mācīties
failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; brazen, overconfident
furtively
i furtively glanced over at my father to see his reaction
sākt mācīties
secretively
stultify
sākt mācīties
hamper, impede
burgeon
sākt mācīties
flourish
baleful
sākt mācīties
menacing, threatening harm
amorphous
sākt mācīties
shapeless
salutary
sākt mācīties
beneficial, good
indignation
the letter filled lucy with indignation
sākt mācīties
resentment, anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
arcane
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mysterious
seminal
sākt mācīties
influential
agency
canals carved by the agency of running water
sākt mācīties
action, activity
aver
I averred that she was innocent of the allegations
sākt mācīties
state or assert to be the case
dispassionate
sākt mācīties
not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial
disseminate
sākt mācīties
spread widely
espouse
sākt mācīties
adopt or support
nettle
i was only asking, Jess said, nettled
sākt mācīties
annoy or irritate
repeal
sākt mācīties
cancel
rescind
sākt mācīties
revoke, cancel or repeal
inveterate
an inveterate gambler
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ingrained, long established and unlikely to change
punctillious
sākt mācīties
meticulous
sobriety
sākt mācīties
soberness
sinecure
sākt mācīties
a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit
exhort
My dad has always exhorted me to be a good person
sākt mācīties
strongly encourage or urge to do something
spate
a spate of burglaries
sākt mācīties
series, succession, a large number of similar things coming in quick succession
nugatory
a nugatory and pointless observation
sākt mācīties
of no value or importance
foray
sākt mācīties
raid, attack
nonplussed
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so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react
flounder
sākt mācīties
struggle
allegory
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a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one; a symbol
putative
the putative father of her children
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generally considered or reputed to be
substantiate
they had found nothing to substantiate the allegations
sākt mācīties
provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; prove
equestrian
his amazing equestrian skills
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relating to horse riding; noun: horserider
truncate
a truncated cone shape
sākt mācīties
shorten
peripatetic
the peripatetic nature of military life
sākt mācīties
nomadic, travelling from place to place
itinerant
itinerant traders
sākt mācīties
travelling from place to place
motif
superstition is a recurring motif in the book
sākt mācīties
theme, idea, concept
erstwhile
the erstwhile president of the company
sākt mācīties
former
sanguine
sākt mācīties
optmistic or positive
sanguinary
sākt mācīties
involving or causing much bloodshed
excoriate
sākt mācīties
criticize severely
pandemonium
sākt mācīties
uproar
phlegmatic
sākt mācīties
having an unemotional and stoidly calm disposition
gaffe
sākt mācīties
blunder, mistake
unrelenting
sākt mācīties
relentless
strident
sākt mācīties
loud and harsh; presenting a point of view in an excessively forceful way
bemoan
sākt mācīties
lament, express discontent or sorrow over
ignominy
the ignominy of being imprisoned
sākt mācīties
public shame or disgrace
mendacity
people publicly castigated for past mendacity
sākt mācīties
untruthfulness
exigency
women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it
sākt mācīties
an urgent need or demand
improbity
sākt mācīties
lack of honesty and moral integrity
inure
these children have beeb inured to violence
sākt mācīties
accustom (someone) to something, specially something unpleasant
render
sākt mācīties
make, give or provide
excise
sākt mācīties
charge excise on (goods)
elusive
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difficult to find, remember
illusive
sākt mācīties
deceptive, illusionary
cozen
Steven Smith attempted to cozen the world with ball tampering
sākt mācīties
trick or deceive
abscize
sākt mācīties
cut off or away
mercenary
she’s nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger
sākt mācīties
primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
endow
sākt mācīties
provide, supply
flagitious
sākt mācīties
criminal, villainous
festoon
the staffroom was festooned with balloons and streamers
sākt mācīties
adorn, decorate; noun-garland
iniquity
sākt mācīties
immoral or grossly unfair behaviour
factitious
sākt mācīties
artificially created or developed.
fictitious
sākt mācīties
not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated.
stilted
we made stilted conversation
sākt mācīties
(of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural.
androgynous
a stunningly androgynous dancer
sākt mācīties
of indeterminate sex

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