Reading-OCT03-2008
acrimonious, sanctuary, apocalypse, revulsion, evanesce...
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- LEER
- (especially of men) to look or smile in a way that suggest unpleasantly lustful intent
- REMEMBRANCE
- a memory of something that happened in the past
- REVERT
- to go back to previous state
- SEGREGATE
- to keep one group of people apart from another and treat them differently, especially because of race or sex
- LEEWAY
- freedom to act within particular limits; the permissible margin for variation
- RESERVOIR
- a large supply of something
- INTERMISSION
- a pause; temporary discontinuation of an activity; interval
- CARDINAL
- of great importance
- TRIFLING
- insignificant, unimportant, silly
- ENSHRINE
- to give special protection to something
- SOLEMN
- serious and without any amusement
- UBIQUITOUS
- existing everywhere
- REMIT
- transfer of a legal case from a higher to a lower court
- APOCALYPSE
- the total destruction or devastation of something
- SOLEMN
- awe-inspiring
- PIVOT
- the central or most important thing in a situation
- ENVISAGE
- to form a mental picture of somebody or something you have never seen
- OUTREACH
- the extent of reach of somebody or something
- SUBLUNARY
- belonging to the material world; mundane; worldly
- SQUARE
- to arrive at a fair and equal agreement with somebody about something, especially about paying off money owed
- SEGREGATE
- to keep one thing separate from another
- EVANESCE
- to gradually vanish
- RESERVOIR
- a place for storing liquid
- BELLE
- young beautiful woman
- PROTECTORATE
- a country which is generally controlled and defended by a more powerful country
- PIVOT
- a fixed point supporting something which turns or balances
- BEATIFIC
- blissful; heavenly
- EXCRUTIATING
- extremely boring or embarrassing
- SANCTUARY
- a holy place such as a church, mosque or temple
- UPHEAVE
- to be thrust upward (vi); to lift sth forcefully from underneath (vt)
- PIVOTAL
- central and important
- RESPITE
- a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant
- REVULSION
- the diversion of blood or disease from one part of the body to another
- ENVISAGE
- to foresee
- STRONGHOLD
- a building or position which is strongly defended; fortress
- EXCRUTIATING
- extremely painful; unbearable; insufferable
- TINCTURE
- tiny amount of something
- SANCTUARY
- place where wildlife is peotected from predators or from being destroyed
- DEVOLVE
- to transfer power, responsibility or rights to somebody
- TINDERBOX
- a person, place or situation that is likely to become violent
- SANCTUARY
- a safe place for someone or something being chased or hunted
- SOLEMNsolemn
- formal; ceremonial; official; sacred
- PIVOT
- to turn or swing supported by a pivot
- ACRIMONIOUS
- full of anger, arguments and bad feelings
- OPERATIVES
- worker assigned to do a specific job
- SUBSTANTIVE
- related to reform, corrective, major
- THE APOCALYPSE
- in the Bible, the total destruction and end of the world
- REPERTOIRE
- the range of techniques, abilities or skills that somebody or something has
- ATTRIBUTE
- to give credit for a certain thing
- RESILIENT
- able to recover quickly from setbacks
- RHEUMATISM
- any painful condition of the joints or muscles that is not caused by infection or injury