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MY ENGLISH REVIEW: (vocabulary part)

V. Vocabulary

Abhorrence - a feeling of intense disapproval of something.

Acquiesce - to agree or comply with something in a passive or reserved way.Anecdotes - a short personal account of an incident or event.

Bereavement - to deprive somebody of a beloved person. 

Bountiful - giving generously, particularly to less fortunate people. 

Chagrin - a feeling of vexation or humiliation due to disappointment about something. 

Clothes-press – clothes-cupboard. 

Complacently - self-satisfied and unaware of possible dangers.

Crammed - force objects or people into a space or container that is too

small to hold them comfortably. 

Deaved – banged, stunned (literally, deafened by noise). 

Delirium - a state marked by extreme restlessness, confusion. 

Disparagement - to refer disapprovingly or contemptuously. 

Embalming - to treat a dead body with a preservative substance in order to stop it decaying. 

Endeavoring - to make a serious and sincere effort to achieve something. 

Expostulations - to express disagreement or disapproval. 

Exuberance - full of happy high spirits and vitality. 

Flaysome – frightening.

Flurried - a short period when a lot of things happen.

Excursion - a short trip to a place and back, for pleasure or a purpose.

Gripe – have or cause stomach pain.

Hovel - a small, dirty, or poorly built house

Heedless - not paying attention to somebody or to something.

Irksome - slightly annoying, especially because of being tedious.

Jocks – jugs.

Languid - lacking vigor and energy.

Lavished - given or produced in abundance or to excess.

Lugs – ears.

Malevolence - having or showing a desire to harm others.

Monopolized - to demand or take all of something.

Nab – a projecting part of a hill or rock.

Nave – fist.

Obdurate - not easily persuaded or influenced.

Offald – worthless.

Paragon – somebody or something that is the very best example of something.

Physiognomy - the features of somebody's face.

Plisky – mischievous trick.

Prognosticate - to predict or foretell future events.

Sanctimonious - making an exaggerated show of holiness or moral superiority.

Scroop – the back of the cover of a book.

Sexton - the caretaker of a church and its graveyard.

Skift – move away briskly.

Soliloquize - to speak a soliloquy in the course of a play.

Spurn - to reject a person, offer, gift.

Sullen - showing bad temper or hostility.

Thible – a smooth stick or spatula used for stirring broth, porridge, etc.

Transgressions - a crime or any act that violates a law, command, or moral code.

Tumult - a violent or noisy commotion.

Vivacity - liveliness and high-spiritedness.

Vociferating - to shout something out loudly.

Wretch - a troubled or distressed person who evokes pity in others.