Ruinous: Disastrous or destructive.-The oil spill was ruinous to the environment.
Quavered: Shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
-The child's voice quavered with sadness.
Certitude: Absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case. Something that someone firmly believes is true.
-He answered the question with absolute certitude.
Notch: An indentation or incision on an edge or surface.
-The knife made several notches on the wooden surface.
Perspired: Give out sweat through the pores of the skin as the result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.
-Everyone in the gym perspired after they played basketball.
Manifested: Display or show a quality or feeling by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.
-Jacky manifested signs at being upset with her friend.
Latrine: A toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.
-There wasn't any restrooms around, so they had to use the latrine.
Uttered: Make a sound with one's voice.
-The elderly man's hearing wasn't very good, so he couldn't hear what his grandson had uttered.
Parried: Ward off a weapon or attack, especially with a countermove. Answer a question or accusation evasively.
-The fencers parried each other's swords.
Oracle: A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.
-If you want an answer, you have to talk to the oracle.
Conscious: Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake.
-The patient slowly became conscious after the surgery was over.
Feigning: Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury.
-The child feigned extreme pain at the little scrape.
Leisurely: Acting or done at leisure; unhurried or relaxed.
-She leisurely walked to her class, choosing to enjoy the surroundings.
Conjure: Make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic. Implore someone to do something.
-The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
Anesthetized: Administer an anesthetic to a person or animal, especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness. Deprive of feeling or awareness.
-The vet anesthetized the dog so it would calm down.
Tyranny: Cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.-The people of the country refused to tolerate the tyranny of the ruler.
Folly: Lack of good sense; foolishness.
-That decision was a show of folly.
Dreary: Dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing.
- The dreary scenery made everyone feel sad.
Grotesque: Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
-The monster was grotesque.
Reckoning: The act of calculating the amount of something. The time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished.
-People were scared for the Day of Reckoning.
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