English Vocab
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- prime
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- stile
- set of steps for climbing over a fence or wall
- unabashed
- not disconcerted or embarrassed
- vexed
- to annoy, bother
- reflectively
- of or pertaining to reflection
- shoals
- shallow place in river, sea etc
- defiance
- a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force
- remonstrance
- a protest
- melancholy
- a gloomy state of mind especially when habitual or prolonged
- genteel
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
- publican
- tax collector
- mores
- the accepted customs and usages of a social group
- expansively
- having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive
- equivocal
- ambiguous; unclear
- resignedly
- submissive or acquiescent
- repent
- to feel regret, feel sorry
- cad
- a man of unprinicpled behavior especially toward women
- insolence
- disrespectfully; arrogant
- wary
- marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- pshaw
- used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.
- tarry
- delaying, linger, to wait
- peremptrily
- precluding further debate or action
- amend
- to correct, improve one conduct
- mutinous
- rebellion against authority
- implement
- a tool or instrument used in doing work
- astounded
- to astonish and bewilder
- adversary
- an opponent; foe
- grandeur
- the quality or state of being impressive or awesome
- sauntered
- to walk about idly, stroll
- punctilious
- very exact; scrupulous
- prudent
- exercising sound judgment in practical matter
- jollity
- a being jolly
- foppery
- foolish character or action
- deftly
- skillful
- trumpery
- showy but worthless
- grisly
- terrifying, ghastly
- genially
- warmly and pleasantly cheerful
- ken
- perception; understanding; knowledge
- miser
- a greedy or avaricious person, stingy, unhappy person
- redeemed
- to make something expectable in spite of it's negative qualities (v)
- writ
- formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some action
- fervently
- having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling
- confound
- be confusing or perplexing to
- bandy
- bowlegged
- due
- something owed or deserved
- coyly
- artfully or affectedly shy or reserved
- piety
- righteousness by virtue of being pious
- interposing
- to place between; cause to intervene
- caprice
- an impulsive change of mind
- sup
- to have supper
- levity
- lightness of manner or speech when inappropriate, sillyness
- garrison
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- arduous
- strenuous
- urbanely
- in an urbane manner
- uncanny
- so keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural; abnormal
- disdainfully
- full of or showing disdain; scornful
- unaccountable
- not to be accounted for
- providence
- provident manegement
- transcent
- to go beyond the limits
- aggrieved
- to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice
- peremptorily
- leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
- celestial
- of the sky or the heaven
- impudence
- not prudent, rash
- cadaverous
- suggestive of death
- imputdenet
- marked by offensive boldness, insolent, disrespect
- proxy
- a person authorized to act for another, agent
- menacingly
- something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, a threat
- bier
- a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
- disconcert
- to upset; embarrass
- dissimulate
- to conceal ones feelings or emotions
- veractiy
- devotion to the truth
- salvation
- saving or being saved
- preoccupied
- completely engrossed in thought, absorbed
- appalled
- to fill with consternation or dismay
- stolidly
- not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional
- dismayed
- struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- evanescent
- tending to fade from sight
- compunction
- a strong uneasiness caused by guilt
- dogmatically
- asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner
- irresolute
- wavering indecisive
- doleful
- sad, mournful
- bedlam
- a place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion
- felicitous
- appropriate
- wrath
- strong, stern, or fierce anger
- sulkily
- marked by or given to sulking
- prate
- to talk much and foolishly, chatter
- resolutely
- firmly resolved or determined
- privy
- hidden from general view or use
- slough
- a depression or hollow, filled with deep mud, swampy