Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Vocabulary #8

Ruinous: disastrous or destructive.
Quavered: Shake or tremble in speaking through nervousness or emotion.
Certitude: absolute certainly or conviction that something is the case.
Notch: an indentation or incision on an edge or surface.
Perspired: give out sweat through the pores of the skin as the result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.
Manifested: display or show by ones acts or appearance.
Latrine: a toilet or outhouse
Uttered: make a sound with ones voice.
Parried: ward off a weapon or attack with a countermove.
Oracle: a response or message given.
Conscious: aware of and responding to ones surroundings.
Feigning: pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury.
Leisurely: acting or done at leisure, unhurried or relaxed.
Conjure: make something appear unexpectedly.
Anesthetized: administer an anesthetic to a person or animal.
Tyranny: cruel and oppressive government or rule.
Folly: lack of good sense, foolishness.
Dreary: dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing.
Grotesque: comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
Reckoning: the action or process of calculating or estimating something.

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