Self-explanatory.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Cool New Vocabs

purblind: dim-sighted: having greatly reduced vision

veriest
flippancy: inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"

clandestine: kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

deftness: adeptness: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

alacrity: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"

prognosticates: predict: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

fickle: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"

iota: shred: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

askance: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"; with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

upbraids: reproach: express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"

boon: a favour, a blessing, something fervently wished for.

bane:
something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

dissemblance:
supra-mundane
lambent
vestal
tacitly extol
mutatis mutandis
finesse
acumen
paltry
ineffable
impalpable
recondite
effluence or influence
wiles nor artifice
purport
It innervates; it exhaults
au pied de la letter
fervid
per saltum
ex officio
coquettish
diablerie
trite
extrication
cozen
obduracy
multifarious
bravado
peccadilloes
Abashment
objurgation
Ardor
amatory
consummate
veritably
recondite
efficacious
ensnares
infinitesimal

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