English vocab

• Aspire


  (v) to seek to attain or accomplish a specific goal; to aim for
• pristine


  (adj) immaculately clean and unused; in perfect condition; completely free from dirt and contamination
• blunder


  (n) an embarrassing mistake or faux pas

  (v) to make an embarrassing faux pas or mistake
• benevolent 


  (adj) marked by or disposed to doing good; showing kindness
• mellifluous 


  (adj) pleasing to the ear; melodic
• verity


  (n) the quality or state of being real or truthful; factuality
• milieu 


  (N) the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops
• dearth 


  (N) a scarcity of; lack of something; a shortage
• etiquette 


  (N) rules governing socially acceptable behavior; code of polite conduct
• emulate 


  (V) to copy or imitate
• ensconce 


  (V) to settle in; to lodge comfortably and securely
• Willy-nilly


  (ADJ) in a random or haphazard manner
• assuage 


  (V) to lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses; to ease
• lithe 


  (adj) to bend easily; limber
• quotidian 


  (ADJ) growing, expanding, or developing rapidly
• Burgeoning 


  (ADJ) growing, expanding, or developing rapidly
• pastoral 


  (ADJ) of or relating to the countryside; not urban
• gallant 


  (adj)brave; heroic
• arduous 


  (ADJ)

  • hard to accomplish or achieve: difficult
  • marked by great labor or effort; strenuous
• Mirth (n.): a joyful feeling's great merriment; glee
• Blight (n.):

  • Refers to any disease that makes plants dry up and die
  • Urban blight refers to the deterioration of a part of a city
• Plight (n): a situation that's hard to get out of; a predicament
• Blithe (adj): happy and carefree; cheerful; light-hearted

  • Believed to cause harm or damage like disease
• Deft (adj): characterized by skill or aptitude; masterful
• Apparition (n.): the appearance of a ghostlike figure, something only existing in perception
• Pragmatic (adj): concerned with practical matters
• Fetter: (v) to restrain with shackles (n) a chain or rope that is used to tie up or confine someone
• Word #29: ruminate (v.) - to reflect deeply on a subject; to ponder
• Word #28: finagle - to obtain something by indirect or involved measure; to obtain by trickery
• Word #30: proximity (n.) - nearness or closeness
• Word #31: jaunty (adj.) - lively in manner or appearance; having or suggesting a lively and confident quality
• Word #32: defunct (adj.) - no longer functioning
• Word #33: tchotchke (n.) - a knick-knack; an inexpensive trinket
• Word #34: cornucopia (n.) - an abundance; a horn of plenty
• Word #35: anemic (adj.) - lacking vigor or energy; weak
• Word #36: privy (adj.) - participating in the knowledge of something private or secret
• Word #37: denizen (n.): a person who lives or can be found in a particular place; inhabitant
• Word #38: feign (v.): to pretend or assert as if true; to dissemble
• Word #10: supercilious (adj.): arrogant; haughty
• Word #39: scorn (n.): a lack of respect accompanied by dislike, disdain

  (v.) to look down on with disdain