Pocket Vocabs
Random Words I Come Across In Everyday Life That I Need To Know.
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- arbitrary
- unreasonable, unsupported, subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion
- infallible
- absolutely trustworthy or sure
- tremulous
- characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness
- ulterior
- being beyond what is seen or avowed, intentionally kept concealed
- reminiscent
- awakening of something familiar
- unrefined
- coarse, rude
- stoic
- one who is different and free from passion
- benign
- having a kindly disposition, gracious, favorable
- manifest
- to display or show by one's acts; prove
- maelstrom
- a large, powerful whirlpool; a restless, disordered or tumultuous state of affairs
- massacre
- the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder
- distraught
- distracted; deeply agitated
- languid
- lacking in vigor or vitality, lacking in spirit, slack or slow
- torpid
- inactive or sluggish
- subordinate
- of less importance, placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank
- ravage
- devastation, to lay waste to, to do ruinous damage
- whimsical
- given to fanciful notions, capricious
- skeptical
- having doubt
- integrate
- to bring together or incorporate parts into a whole
- unprecedented
- without previous instance, never before known or experienced
- zealous
- full of zeal, showing enthusiasm
- contrary
- opposite in nature or character, unfavorable or adverse
- monotonous
- lacking in variety, limited to a narrow pitch
- mosaic
- a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass
- dainty
- small and pretty, delicate
- virtuosity
- a great technical ability in fine art, esp. in the laying of a musical instrument
- lukewarm
- tepid, not very warm; unenthusiastic, halfhearted
- punctual
- strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late, prompt
- cauldron
- a large deep cooking pot made of iron used over an open fire
- overhaul
- to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition