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These Lexiconical Items are in want of a Domicile
WORDS ARE DYING AND ONLY YOU CAN HELP
RESCUE A WORD OR PHRASE TODAY!
The Abomination Words might feel like an abomination; maybe if they looked like cute little puppies, you’d be more willing to make them part of your home. Throughout this campaign, therefore, pictures of puppies will litter (no pun intended) this document, so that you can consider an adoption today.
When you believe that you don’t need words, just know that Words Need YOU!
See: Archaic Words for more examples on the destruction
Issue Date Our Mission Every word needs a home, or else it will die. Sure, new lingo is born regularly in slang and text speak, but when a word dies it becomes archaic, and when it becomes archaic it means there will be no users of the word. No users means that a way of communicating disappears, which means, yes, we cannot say our thoughts as well as we’d like to. Sentiments that are impossible to communicate means that we, as people, grow further apart rather than closer together. Is it possible that good communication means closer ties, and those closer ties means world peace. Adopt a word today, and save humanity.
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They call me ALOOF, but I hope you aren’t when it comes to adopting words in need.
Working with your new found word Here’s the thing, once a word is adopted, you cannot simply accept it in your vocabulary, and then leave it to fade away in the confines of some notebook somewhere. Words and phrases need to be nurtured, feed, taken for walks, allowed to socialize and become a true part of your family of words. How can you do this? Well, words belong in sentences, so allow the word into your regular conversations, your writings, your thoughts, even. Give it a sentence to live in, not a death sentence. Like most new parents, mistakes can be made and you may even misuse a word. Don’t worry if this happens from time to time. New words take time to get to know you. Find out what that word can do. You may have thought that you only picked up a noun at the Word Shelter, but that noun could (with a little encouragement, and a change of form) work just as well as an adjective, an adverb, or even an exclamation! Most importantly, spend some time feeding your use of the word by studying its likes and dislikes. At first you may believe a word is only is denotative meaning, but very soon you’ll not only adopt that word that is described in the dictionaries, but you’ll also be able to get a good feel for its connotation. Before long, you’ll be able to liltingly use the word in sentences, paragraphs, and perhaps even by doing so, that you’ll be able to find your voice in leaning the full functionalities of this word.
House Visits. In order to make sure you and your new friend are getting along, house visits will take place in forms of quizzes.
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Adopt ME today. My name is APPREHENSIVE, and that is what I am if you don’t provide a Forever Home in your heart.
Don’t let me live up to my name of DISMAL. Make me part of your family today.
My love for you will be INDEFATIGABLE, which is also what they call me! Consider adopting today!
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ADOPTION CENTRAL: ROMEO AND JULIET
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Why Adopt? Words and Phrases make great companions. Loyal, trustworthy, able to adjust to your needs, words and phrases will make you a better you. Just think of it his way, where would you be without your furry little bundle of verbosity? Probably silently sitting in an inaudible corner of your existential crisis. When you want to scream out, what do you turn to? Words, right? When you want to express that special thought to that special someone, phrases are your besties, aren’t they? Without them, you’d be limited to sighs and vocalizations without meaning, and if anything gives this crazy thing called life meaning, words and phrases are on the job. So, for a small investment of your time, shouldn’t you give words props for making your existence noteworthy, and something worth writing home about. Adopt a word or phrase today, and change your life forever.
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SENTENTIOUS is my name, and that is how I will affect your life. Looking forward to being part of your family.
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You can call me INVOCATION, which is the action I am doing right now as I hope you will welcome me into your home.
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I go by PRODIGIOUS, which is exactly how I plan to fill your heat.
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| Parliament (Sabor) from the 13th to the 19th century (1847). The oldest preserved records of the parliamentary sessions (Congregatio Regni totius Sclavonie generalis) – held in Zagreb (Zagabria), Croatia – date from 19 April 1273. An extensive Croatian Latin literature exists.
Dying Languages ENDANGERMENTS
“Dead Languages” The question of Latin’s place in the world is an interesting one. If one takes the definition of a living language to be one that has native speakers (i.e. language which is passed on from parent to child as the first language), Latin could be considered a dead language. However, if one takes a broader look at usage, Latin is alive and well in schools, hospitals, law offices, and most notably inside the other languages. This fact rings true despite the reluctant scholars verse found in many a Latin text book: Latin is a language, Dead as Dead Can Be, First it Killed the Romans, Now It’s Killing Me. To Drive this point home, Latin has a long standing presence in modern Europe, with the Holy See (i.e. The Catholic Church) still officially using it in the diocese. Here are a few modern examples of its official use: Holy See – used in the diocese, with Italian being the official language of Vatican City Hungary - Latin was the sole official language of the Kingdom of Hungary from the 11th century to the mid 19th century, when it was replaced by Hungarian in 1844. The best known Latin language Croatia – Latin was the official language of Croatian Above Right: My name is PERPETUAL, and that’s how long I’ll love you for. Below Right: They call me DIRE, and I’m in that kind of need of your love and affection. Center Bottom: RESTIVE and STOUT will both fill your heart.
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Poland, Kingdom of Poland – officially recognized and widely used between the 10th and 18th centuries, commonly used in foreign relations and popular as a second language among some of the nobility
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These archaic words are no more. Give the next generation of words a sentence, not a death sentence!
Archaic words
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bethink oneself of
remember; recollect
betimes
in good time; early
bibliopole
a dealer in books
blackguard
a scoundrel
bodkin
a dagger
bootless
(of a task) ineffectual; useless
drought
thirst
egad
exclamation of surprise, anger, or affirmation
embouchure
the mouth of a river
equipage
gear; equipment
ere
before (in time)
expectations
one's prospects of inheritance
expiry
death
breech
a person's buttocks
brimstone
sulphur
bruit
a report or rumour
fain
buck
a fashionable and daring young man
pleased or willing under the circumstances
fair
beautiful
sometimes used to impart an old-
burgess
a full citizen of a town or borough
fie
fashioned flavour to historical novels,
buss
a kiss
exclamation used to express disgust or outrage
for example, or in standard
camelopard
a giraffe
fizgig
a silly or flirtatious young woman
cannonade
bombard flux
diarrhoea or dysentery
These words are no longer in everyday use or have lost a particular meaning in current usage but are
conversation or writing just for a
ceil
line or plaster the roof of (a building)
forsooth
indeed
circumjacent
surrounding
fourscore
eighty
current meaning, while others reveal
clerk
a literate or scholarly person
fruit
offspring
the origin of a different modern word,
entrust someone or something to
fudge
nonsense
commend
furbish
polish (a weapon)
communicant
a person who imparts information
gallant
a dashing gentleman
gammer
an old woman
compass
encircle or surround gentle
noble or courteous
compeer
a companion or close associate
go-cart
a baby walker
study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing)
God's acre
a churchyard
con
greenwood
a forest
contumely
insolent or insulting language or treatment
grimalkin
a cat
gyve
a fetter or shackle
cordwainer
a shoemaker
habiliment
clothing
halt
lame
humorous effect. Some, such as bedlam, reveal the origin of their
as with gentle, the sense of which is preserved in gentleman. Some, such as learn and let, now mean the opposite of their former use. abroad
out of doors
accouchement
Birthing
ague
malaria or a similar illness
apothecary
a person who prepared and sold medicine
cottier
a rural labourer living in a cottage
a female servant
a longing or desire
coxcomb
a vain and conceited man; a dandy
handmaid
appetency
hearken
listen
assay
Attempt
coz
cousin
hence
from here
avaunt
go away
cutpurse
a pickpocket
herbary
a herb garden
bane
poison
damsel
hereat
as a result of this
baseborn
of low birth or social standing
a young unmarried woman a young or insignificant person
hereunto
to this document
dandiprat
hereupon
darbies
Handcuffs
after or as a result of this
dark
Ignorant
hie
go quickly
degree
social or official rank
horseless carriage
a car
bedlam
an asylum
behold
see or observe
behoof
benefit or advantage
beldam
an old woman
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host
an army
morrow, the
the following day
howbeit
nevertheless
mummer
an actor in the theatre
husbandman
a farmer
natural
a person born with impaired intelligence
immedicable
untreatable naught
in sooth
actually
intelligence
news
intelligencer
a person who gathers intelligence
izzard
quidnunc
an inquisitive, gossipy person
raiment
clothing
receipt
a recipe
nothing
recipe
a medical prescription
nay
no
riband
a ribbon
nigh
near
rover
a pirate
nubbing- cheat
a gallows
rude
ignorant and uneducated
the letter Z
orison
a prayer
jakes
an outdoor toilet
pate
a person's head
ruth
a feeling of pity, distress, or grief
kine
cows collectively
paynim
a pagan
sanative
healing
kirtle
a woman's gown or a man's tunic
peccant
sinful; offending
sanguinary
peeler
a police officer
involving or causing much bloodshed
scantling
pelf
money, especially when gained dishonestly
a specimen, sample, or small amount
sea smoke
fog
knave
a dishonest or unscrupulous man
laud
praise peradventure
perhaps
sennight
a week
laver
a basin or similar container used for washing oneself
perchance
by some chance
sepulture
burial
learn
teach
peregrinate
travel or wander from place to place
shambles
a slaughterhouse
leech
a doctor or healer
shrift periapt
forgiveness
a charm or amulet
pest
bubonic plague
shrive
pestilence
a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague
(of a priest) absolve (a person making a confession)
smite
defeat or conquer
soak peterman
drink heavily
a thief or safecracker
physic
medicinal drugs or medical treatment
soft tack
bread, especially as rations for sailors or soldiers
picaroon
a scoundrel
soil
a stain
a traveller or an itinerant merchant or trader
sooth
piepowder
truth
sore
extremely; severely
leman
a lover or sweetheart
let
hinder
love apple
a tomato
Lucifer
a match
lying-in
seclusion before and after childbirth
mage
a magician or learned person
magnify
glorify; extol
maid
a girl or young woman
malapert
presumptuous and impudent
pismire
an ant
speed
success; prosperity
a soldier armed with a pistol
a sculptor
a curse
pistoleer
statuary
malison
suffer
endure; tolerate
man-at-arms
a soldier
plain over
lament; cry over
surety, of/for a
for certain
marry
an expression of surprise, indignation, or emphatic assertion
plight
solemnly pledge or promise (faith or loyalty)
sweeting
darling
mayhap
perhaps; possibly
sweetmeat
bewildered
pollard
an item of confectionery or sweet food
mazed
an animal that has lost its horns or cast its antlers
taiga
a forest
measure
a dance
poltroon
an utter coward
meat
food of any kind
popinjay
a parrot
thenceforth
from that time, place, or point onward
mechanical
a manual worker
pore on
think about
thereunto
to that
methinks
it seems to me portage
the action of carrying or transporting
therewith
with or in the thing mentioned
quick, the
the living
thither
to or toward that place
moil
drudgery
mooncalf
a foolish person
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In Loving Memory thrice
three times
timbrel
a tambourine or similar instrument
'tis
it is
tithe
a tenth
tocsin
an alarm bell or signal
troth
faith or loyalty when pledged in a solemn undertaking
turnkey
a jailer
twelvemonth
a year
uncle
a pawnbroker
usher
an assistant teacher
verily
truly; certainly
wast
second person singular past of be
watchword
a military password
ween
think or suppose; be of the opinion
wench
a girl or young woman
whence
from what place or source
wherefore
for what reason
wherewith
with or by which
whither
to what place or state
wife
a woman, especially an old or uneducated one
wight
a person of a specified kind
wise
manner, way, or extent
withal
in addition
without
outside
wright
a maker or builder
ye
you
yea
yes
zounds
an expression of surprise or indignation
It’s too late for these archaic words. Don’t let the next generation of words slip away into oblivion.
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SUPPLEMENTAL BY E. DEMOTT WORDS SUCH AS ZOUNDS (ARCHAIC) AND BLOODY (STILL IN USE IN THE UK AS AN EXCLAMATION) HAVE A COMMON BLASPHEMOUS START. BOTH WORDS ARE “CORRUPTIONS.” THE FORMER STARTED OUT AS HIS WOUNDS, AND EVOLVED INTO HISWOUNDS. EVENTUALLY THE HI WAS DISMISSED, MAKING IT SWOUNDS, PRONOUNCED ZOUNDS, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY THE RESPELLING OF THE WORD. LIKEWISE, THE LATTER EVLOVED FROM HIS BLOOD TO HISBLOOD TO SBLOOD, BUT THEN DROPPED THE S ALTOGETHER, LEAVING BLOOD, OR ANY VARIANT OF IT (SUCH AS BLOODY). BOTH WERE CONSIDERED MINOR SWEAR WORDS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE “HIS” ORIGIN AT THE START OF THE WORDS REFERRED TO “HIM” WITH A CAPITAL “H”, OR JESUS,THE CHRIST. Corruption or bastardisation are terms popularly used to refer to certain changes in language which originate from human error or alleged prescriptively incorrect usage. Descriptive linguistics typically avoids using these negative terms, since from a scientific point of view such changes are neither good nor bad.
These Lexiconical Items are in want of a Domicile AMBLE (Left) and TROTH (Right) will never leave your side if you have the good fortune to adopt them today.
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They call us VIVACIOUS (Left) and CONSORT (Right), and that’s how we’ll hang out with you when you accept us into your homes and your heat. Adopt us today!
Special Thanks to our Contributors https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/archaic-words http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Corruption_(linguistics) https://rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2014/02/21/the-amp-7-feb-8-21/ http://latinteach.blogspot.com/2007/07/latin-is-language-dead-as-dead-can-be.html https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/24143 https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/519066 https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/519102 http://eienglish.org/odyvoc.html https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/24256
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Animal Farm
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ration: a fixed portion that is allotted // In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
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ensconce: fix firmly // At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was alreadyensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung
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from a beam. knoll: a small natural hill
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gambol: play boisterously //In the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement.
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windfall: a sudden happening that brings good fortune //The early apples were now ripening, and the grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls.
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cryptic: having a secret or hidden meaning // None of you has ever seen a dead donkey," and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.
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maxim: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits// After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: "Four legs good, two legs bad."
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accumulate: get or gather together //By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
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reduce: make smaller // They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments.
10. graze: feed as in a meadow or pasture //Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking. 11. utilise (utilize / Am. Eng.) :put into service // Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody-namely, toutilise the force of gravity. 12. unalterable: not capable of being changed // These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after. 13. formulate: prepare according to instructions // He lay down, tucked his fore hoofs beneath him, shut his eyes, and with a hard effort managed to formulate his thoughts. 14. utter: without qualification // With his books held open by a stone, and with a piece of chalk gripped between the knuckles of his trotter, he would move rapidly to and fro, drawing in line after line and uttering little whimpers of excitement. 15. resolution: a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner // "And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. 16. laborious: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion // Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. 17. hoist: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help // First came the hoisting of the flag. 18. toil: work hard // For that day we all must labour, Though we die before it break; Cows and horses, geese and turkeys, All must toil for freedom's sake. 19. decree: a legally binding command or decision // He ordered the hens' rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. 20. capitulate: surrender under agreed conditions // For five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. 21. mincing: affectedly dainty or refined // At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. 22. muted: in a softened tone //All the pigeons, to the number of thirty-five, flew to and fro over the men's heads and muted upon them from mid-air; and while the men were dealing with this, the geese, who had been hiding behind the hedge, rushed out and pecked viciously at the 23. nestle: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position // Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.
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24. unscathed: not injured // But the men did not go unscathed either. 25. stout: having rugged physical strength // He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut. 26. impending: close in time; about to occur // As the summer wore on, the rumours of an impending treacherous attack grew stronger and stronger. 27. incite : provoke or stir up // The three hens came forward and stated that Snowball had appeared to them in a dream and incited them to disobey Napoleon. 28. implement : a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose // Sometimes the work was hard; the implements had been designed for human beings and not for animals, and it was a great drawback that no animal was able to use any tool that involved standing on his hind legs. 29. contemplate : think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes // He looked closely at every detail of the plans and snuffed at them once or twice, then stood for a little while contemplating them out of the corner of his eye. 30. taciturn : habitually reserved and uncommunicative // Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever. 31. restive : being in a tense state // They had all the more reason for doing so because the news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever. 32. treacherous : dangerously unstable and unpredictable // As the summer wore on, and the windmill neared completion, the rumours of an impending treacherous attack grew stronger and stronger. 33. morose : showing a brooding ill humor // Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever. 34. vivacious : vigorous and animated // Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive. 35. impromptu : with little or no preparation or forethought // An impromptu celebration of the victory was held immediately. 36. pretext : something serving to conceal plans // On every kind of pretext she would leave work for the drinking pool, foolishly gazing at her own reflection. 37. compensated : receiving or eligible for compensation // They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. 38. menace: something that is a source of danger // But suddenly the dogs let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again. 39. irrepressible: impossible to control // And yet the song was irrepressible. 40. conciliatory : making or willing to make concessions // In addition, four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message, which it was hoped might re-establish good relations with Pilkington. 41. dismay : the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles // In spite of the shock that Snowball's expulsion had given them, the animals were dismayed by this announcement. 42. cower: crouch or curl up // They all cowered silently in their places, seeming to know in advance that some terrible thing was about to happen. 43. retinue: the group following and attending to some important person // When he did appear, he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud "cock-a-doodle-doo" before Napoleon spoke. 44. cease: put an end to a state or an activity // They had begun to call Animal Farm by its proper name and ceased to pretend that it was called Manor Farm. 45. retribution: a justly deserved penalty // They did not know which was more shocking--the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the cruel retribution they had just witnessed. 46. dishearten: take away the enthusiasm of // He had become much disheartened after losing money in a lawsuit, and had taken to drinking more than was good for him.
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47. compensate: make amends for // They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. 48. meddle : intrude in other people's affairs or business // Clover asked Benjamin to read her the Sixth Commandment, and when Benjamin, as usual, said that he refused to meddle in such matters, she fetched Muriel. 49. nimble : moving quickly and lightly // The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. 50. indefatigable :showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality // He was indefatigable at this. 51. articulate : express or state clearly // Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more articulate. 52. repose : freedom from activity // You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? 53. lurch : move suddenly or as if unable to control one's movements // With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery. 54. altered : changed in form or character without becoming something else // It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken. 55. cunning : showing inventiveness and skill // That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon's cunning. 56. expound: add details, as to an account or idea // They held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others. 57. eminent : standing above others in quality or position // Pre- eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. 58. denounce: speak out against // Napoleon had denounced such ideas as contrary to the spirit of Animalism. 59. contrive : make or work out a plan for; devise // A rumour went round that Snowball had after all contrived to introduce poison into Napoleon's food. 60. sordid : foul and run-down and repulsive // He painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals' backs.
Open for Adoption: IRREPRESSIBLE, REPOSE, and NIMBLE
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Boy Vocabulary
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ingenious: showing inventiveness and skill // He kept his ingenious instrument in a slim leather case and carried it in his pocket wherever he went.
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amiable: diffusing warmth and friendliness // Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons.
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acquire: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract // He acquired, through inheritance, a large chateau in the country.
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ambitious: having a strong desire for success or achievement // So off they went, these two ambitious young men, carrying with them little or no luggage.
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subside: wear off or die down // When the shock began to subside, my father suddenly realized that his two small children ought to have a stepmother.
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foliage: the aggregate of leaves of one or more plants // A splendid design of fruit and foliage and intertwining branches carved in oak covered the mantel..
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antibiotic: a substance used to kill microorganisms and cure infections //With no penicillin or any other antibiotic cures, pneumonia was very dangerous.
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catastrophe: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune // Heaven knows what it must have felt like to be hit with a double catastrophe like this.
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emphatically: without question and beyond doubt // Her husband stated most emphatically that he wished all his children to be educated in English schools.
10. jaunty: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air // How swift and brave and graceful in his long trousers and his scarlet school cap at a jaunty angle. 11. linger: be about // We lingered outside its small window gazing in at the big jars full of Bull’s-eyes and Old Fashioned Humbugs and Strawberry Bonbons 12. elaborate: add details, as to an account or idea // When we asked him to elaborate on this theory, he answered, ‘You wouldn’t understand it if I did tell you.’ 13. saturated: unable to dissolve still more of a substance // We had not the slightest doubt that these things were saturated in the dreaded anaesthetic. 14. loathsome: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust // But by far the most loathsome thing about Mrs Pratchett was the filth that clung around her. 15. sullen: showing a brooding ill humor // So we watched in sullen silence while this disgusting woman stirred around inside the jars with her foul fingers. 16. hoard: a secret store of valuables or money // We would lift up the floor-board and examine our secret hoard, perhaps adding to it or taking something away. 17. desperado: a bold outlaw // We felt like a gang of desperados setting out to rob a train or blow up the sheriff's office. 18. malignant: dangerous to health // She stood behind the counter, and her small malignant pig-eyes watched us suspiciously as we came forward. 19. smithereens : a collection of small fragments considered as a whole // The glassjar was smashed to smithereens with the mouse lying in the wreckage. 20. stature: the height of a standing person // But Headmasters (and policemen) are the biggest giants of all and acquire a marvellously exaggerated stature. 21. exhort : spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts // She kept up her screeching, exhorting Mr Coombes to greater and still greater efforts. 22. agony : intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain // When the cane comes down on bruised and wounded flesh, the agony is unbelievable. 23. oblige: cause to be indebted // Then I heard the vinegary voice of Mrs Pratchett saying, ‘I am much obliged to you, ’Eadmaster, very much obliged. 24. dauntless: invulnerable to fear or intimidation // All of us got seasick except our dauntless mother. 25. churning: moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation // On the sea, our stomachs churned, refusing the biscuits being offered to us. 26. influx : the process of flowing in // There was an influx of grandchildren who barged in from miles away to take over her house for a few hours every year. 27. raucous : unpleasantly loud and harsh // The raucous rabble destroyed his neat and polished home. 28. fjord : a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs // The splendid little vessel moved into the calm waters of the fjord and proceededalong the coast. 29. tranquil: free from disturbance by heavy waves // Unless you have sailed down to Paradise Island on a tranquil day, you cannot imagine what it is like. 30. cubicle: small area set off by walls for special use // The rickety wooden outhouse’s cubicles contained nothing more than a small hole in a piece of wood. 31. petrol: gasoline // It was extremely difficult to start, and he always had to unscrew the sparking-plug and pour petrol into the cylinder. 32. capsize: overturn accidentally // The thing can easily capsize or be swamped if the bows do not meet the great combing breakers at just the right angle. 33. ravenous : extremely hungry // To feed their ravenous little sons, a tuck-box would probably contain, half a home-made currant cake, a packet of squashedfly biscuits, a couple of oranges, an apple, a banana, a pot of grape jam or Marmite, a bar of chocolate, a bag of Liquorice and a tin of lemonade powder. 34. cunning: marked by skill in deception // The parents in various cunning ways attempted to feed their offspring by parcel-post from home.
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35. apprehensive : in fear or dread of possible evil or harm // I began to grow apprehensive as I watched my trunk being loaded into an English taxi. 36. lurk: lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner // The frightening figure of the Headmaster lurked down in the depths of his study below. 37. phenomenal : exceedingly or unbelievably great // After ‘lights out’ the Matron would prowl the corridor like a panther trying to catch the sound of a whisper behind a dormitory door, and we soon learnt that her powers of hearing were so phenomenal that it was safer to keep quiet. 38. culprit: someone or something responsible for harm or wrongdoing // The whole school was herded into the long corridor, where we stood freezing in our PJs and bare feet while the culprit or culprits were ordered to step forward. 39. famished: extremely hungry // Although he himself was famished, he refused to let his frog go hungry. 40. acute: experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course // Only an attack of acute diarrhoea would be accepted as an excuse for visiting the lavatory.. 41. smother: envelop completely // The bubbles grew and grew until in the end his whole face seemed to be smothered in a bubbly foaming white soapy froth. 42. devise: come up with after a mental effort // I was so devastatingly homesick that I set about devising a stunt for getting myself sent back home. 43. sterile: free of pathological microorganisms // When a doctor arrived to your home, he would drape a sterile sheet over the closest table and get on with it. 44. inflammation: painful swelling of body tissues due to injury or irritation // If you have an inflammation there, the stomach would have been hard and rigid. 45. perpetual: continuing forever or indefinitely // We lived in perpetual fear of the long cane that lay on top of the cupboard in the Headmaster’s study. 46. sufficient : of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement // She barely passed her driver’s test. Her practice sessions proved sufficient. 47. competence: the quality of being adequately or well qualified // He quickly did the task, easily showing off his competence in this field of study. 48. taunt: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing // Spurred on by our shouts and taunts, the ancient sister began to increase the speed. 49. career : move headlong at high speed // The great black beast leapt backwards out of the hedge and careered across the road into the hedge. 50. vermilion: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color // It was a brilliant dark vermilion, like a ripe orange. 51. corrugated: shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges // The savage face had a deeply corrugated brow that indicated a very limited intelligence. 52. dais : a platform raised above the surrounding level // The master sat high up on a dais at the top end of the Hall and kept order. 53. infernal : characteristic of or resembling Hell // All I see is that you are making an infernal noise and disturbing everybody in the room. 54. nib: the writing point of a pen // The pens we used had detachable nibs and it was necessary to dip them into the ink-well every six or seven seconds, 55. intently : with strained or eager attention // His milky-blue eyes watched me intently, the look of triumph still glimmering on his face. 56. precinct : an administrative district of a city or town // The convict crossed the precinct’s border and the local cop cars screeched to a halt. 57. excruciating : extremely painful // The agonizing pain burned across his back, and as it reached its most excruciating point, the second crack came down. 58. outrage : a feeling of righteous anger // After the child was killed by the weaponized vehicle, the crowd looked at the driver with an uncontrollable outrage. 59. betrothed: the person to whom you are engaged // We even began to wonder whether he removed it when he was kissing his betrothed. 60. virile : characteristic of a man // Back came the manly lover, dripping wet from the sea, chest out, strong and virile, healthy and sunburnt.
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The Odyssey Vocab 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
Plunder -v- to steal; to rob of goods by force Valor -n- bravery Formidable -adj- arousing feelings of fear, dread or awe; difficult to overcome Guile -n- trickery; dishonesty; craftiness Irked -adj- troubled; tormented; plagued Rouse -v- to awaken from sleep; to stir up; to excite Lout -n- an awkward, stupid person Prodigious -adj- impressively great in size; large; enormous; extraordinary; marvelous Mandate -n- a command; an order; a decree Entreat -v- to ask; to beg Bliss -n- extreme happiness; joy Appalled -adj- to be filled with disgust or horror for something Ponderous -adj- extremely heavy; huge; massive Din -n- loud, confused prolonged noise Ponder -v- to consider carefully; to reflect Profusion -n- a large amount; an overabundance Cordial -adj- hearty; warm; sincere; friendly Reel -v- to be thrown off balance or fall back; to be in a confused condition Sage -adj- wise; judicious [noun- a wise person] Convey -v- to carry; to transport Meditations -n- thoughts Adversary -n- enemy; opponent Disdain[ful] -n[adj]- hatred [one who is full of hatred] Assuage -v- to calm; to soothe; to comfort Compel -v- to force Implacable -adj- incapable of being assuaged, pacified, or satisfied Rancor -n- deep-seated hatred or ill-will Insolent -adj- disrespectfully arrogant; rude Atone -v- to made amends for; to repent; to ask for forgiveness Stealth-n- the act of moving in a sneaky, hidden, undetectable way Perils -n- dangers Shun -v- to shut out; to avoid; to keep away from Ardor -n- intensity of emotion, passion or desire Dwindle -v- to gradually make or become less Tumult -n- the din or commotion of a great crowd; agitation of the mind and emotions Founder -v- to sink Dire -adj- warning of disaster; dreadful; urgent Provisions -n- a stock of food Appease -v- to calm; to satisfy, especially by meeting demands Insidious -adj- intended to entrap; tricky; seductive Restitution -n- repayment; the act of making good for loss, damage, or injury Dissemble -v- to hide with a false appearance; to disguise Lithe -adj- readily bent; supple; graceful Incredulity -n- disbelief; shock Wrath -n- violent rage; hatred Glowering -adj- full of anger and hatred Impudence -n- disrespect; rudeness [impudent -adj- to be filled with impudence] Rebuke -v- to scold; to reprimand Renowned -adj- well-known; famous Folly -n- foolishness; a foolish endeavor Evade -v- to escape Smote -v- past tense of smite: to kill Keen -adj- physically sharp; intellectually smart Contempt -n- open disrespect or willful disobedience Hone -v- to sharpen Aloof -adj- distant; not friendly; unapproachable Pact -n- an agreement; a contract Tremulous -adj- vibrating or quivering; fearful Abyss -n- a deep pit Prevail -v- to win; to overcome
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Romeo and Juliet Vocab
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addle : mix up or confuse // Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat; and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling.
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prolixity : boring verbosity // Ben. The date is out of such prolixity.
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arbitrate : act between parties with a view to reconciling differences // Therefore, out of thy long-experienc'd time, Give me some present counsel; or, behold, 'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the empire,arbitrating that Which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honour
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doff : remove // Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
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amble : walk leisurely // I am not for this ambling.
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dowdy : lacking in stylishness or taste // Laura, to his lady, was but a kitchen wench (marry, she had a better love to berhyme her), Dido a dowdy, Cleopatra a gypsy, Helen and Hero hildings and harlots, This be a gray eye or so, but not to the purpose.
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waddle : walk unsteadily //And since that time it is eleven years, For then she could stand high-lone; nay, by th' rood, She could have run and waddled all about; For even the day before, she broke her brow; And then my husband (God be with his soul!
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drivel : saliva spilling from the mouth // For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole.
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bawdy: humorously vulgar // Mer. 'Tis no less, I tell ye; for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon.
10. sententious: concise and full of meaning //R is for the- No; I know it begins with some other letter; and she hath the prettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary, that it would do you good to hear it. 11. jocund: full of or showing high-spirited merriment // Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. 12. braggart : a very boastful and talkative person // Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! 13. trudge: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud // [To Servant, giving him a paper] Go, sirrah, trudge about Through fair Verona; find those persons out Whose names are written there, and to them say, My house and welcome on their pleasure stay- Exeunt [Capulet and Paris]. 14. paramour: a lover, especially a secret or illicit one // Shall I believe That unsubstantial Death is amorous, And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour? 15. bauble: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing // For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. 16. canker: an ulcerlike sore // Two such opposed kings encamp them still In man as well as herbs- grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death eats up that plant. 17. misadventure: an instance of misfortune // Your looks are pale and wild and do import Some misadventure.
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18. forswear: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief // She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow Do I live dead that live to tell it now. 19. dank: unpleasantly cool and humid // Non, ere the sun advance his burning eye The day to cheer and night's dankdew to dry, I must up-fill this osier cage of ours With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers. 20. penury : a state of extreme poverty or destitution // Noting this penury, to myself I said, 'An if a man did need a poison now Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.' 21. peruse: examine or consider with attention and in detail // Let me peruse this face. 22. poultice: a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin // Is this the poultice for my aching bones? 23. distraught : deeply agitated especially from emotion // Or, if I live, is it not very like The horrible conceit of death and night, Together with the terror of the place- As in a vault, an ancient receptacle Where for this many hundred years the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack'd; Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, Lies fest'ring in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort- Alack, alack, is it not like that I, So early wakingwhat with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of th... 24. presage: a foreboding about what is about to happen // Rom. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. 25. hap: come to pass // Hence will I to my ghostly father's cell, His help to crave and my dear hap to tell. 26. cull: remove something that has been rejected //I do remember an apothecary, And hereabouts 'a dwells, which late I noted In tatt'red weeds, with overwhelming brows, Culling of simples. 27. scurvy: a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid // Scurvy knave! 28. portly: fairly fat // 'A bears him like a portly gentleman, And, to say truth, Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth. 29. loll : be lazy or idle // For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. 30. impeach : bring an accusation against // I am the greatest, able to do least, Yet most suspected, as the time and place Doth make against me, of this direful murther; And here I stand, both toimpeach and purge Myself condemned and myself excus'd. 31. invocation: the act of appealing for help // That were some spite; my invocation Is fair and honest: in his mistress' name, I conjure only but to raise up him. 32. wreak : cause to happen or to occur as a consequence // O, how my heart abhors To hear him nam'd and cannot come to him, Towreak the love I bore my cousin Tybalt Upon his body that hath slaughter'd him! 33. troth: a solemn pledge of fidelity // By my troth, it is well said. 34. unseemly : not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper // Unseemly woman in a seeming man! 35. adversity: a state of misfortune or affliction // I'll give thee armour to keep off that word; Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, To comfort thee, though thou art banished. 36. cleft: a long narrow opening // Mer. Alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead! stabb'd with a white wench's black eye; shot through the ear with a love song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter Tybalt? 37. knave: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel // More light, you knaves! and turn the tables up, And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot. 38. consort : keep company with; hang out with // Ben. Come, he hath hid himself among these trees To be consorted with the humorous night. 39. spade: hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot // Enter Friar [Laurence], with lanthorn, crow, and spade. 40. discreet: marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint // A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. 41. aloof: remote in manner // Hence, and stand aloof. 42. engross: devote fully to // Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! 43. denote: have as a meaning // Thy form cries out thou art; Thy tears are womanish, thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast.
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44. gape: look with amazement // Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. 45. reconcile : come to terms // But look thou stay not till the watch be set, For then thou canst not pass to Mantua, Where thou shalt live till we can find a time To blaze your marriage,reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back With twenty hundred thousand times more joy Than thou went'st forth in lamentation. 46. bondage: the state of being under the control of another person // Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud; Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies, And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine With repetition of my Romeo's name. 47. prostrate: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground //Jul. Where I have learnt me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition To you and your behests, and am enjoin'd By holy Laurence to fall prostrate here To beg your pardon. 48. fume: a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas // Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears. 49. provoke: provide the needed stimulus for // Rom. Wilt thou provoke me? 50. attire: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion // Jul. Ay, those attires are best; but, gentle nurse, I pray thee leave me to myself to-night; For I have need of many orisons To move the heavens to smile upon my state, Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin. 51. mutiny: open rebellion against constituted authority // Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 52. tedious: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness // So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them. 53. cleave: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument // 54. infection: the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms // Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. 55. slew: a large number or amount or extent// There lies the man, slain by young Romeo, That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio. 56. dismal: causing dejection // This torture should be roar'd in dismal hell. 57. amend: make revisions to 58. bliss: a state of extreme happiness// She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, To merit bliss by making me despair. 59. array: an impressive display // A pack of blessings light upon thy back; Happiness courts thee in her bestarray; But, like a misbhav'd and sullen wench, Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love. 60. partisan : a fervent and even militant proponent of something // Enter an officer, and three or four Citizens with clubs or partisans.
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