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Fete:
Meaning: To praise or welcome someone publicly because of their achievements.
An event that is usually held outdoors and includes competitions, entertainments, and
the selling of used and home-made goods.
Sentences: The village organized a fete to celebrate the harvest season.

2. Indelible:
Meaning: That cannot be removed or washed out.
Sentences: The experience left an indelible mark on her memory.

3. Judder:
Meaning: (especially of something mechanical) shake and vibrate rapidly and with force.
Sentences: The earthquake caused the ground to judder beneath our feet.

4. Overweening:
Meaning: Showing excessive confidence or pride.
Sentences: The overweening pride led to his downfall.

5. Boisterous:
Meaning: (used about a person or behavior) noisy and full of energy
Sentences: The party became increasingly boisterous as the night went on.

6. Proscribe:
Meaning: Forbid, especially by law.
Sentences: The government decided to proscribe the use of certain harmful chemicals.

7. Fudgel:
Meaning: To pretend to work when in reality one is not doing anything.
Sentences: The manager noticed the employee's habit of fudgeling during office hours.

8. Diminutive:
Meaning: Much smaller than usual.
Sentences: Despite his diminutive height, he played basketball with great skill.

9. Unflinching:
Meaning: Not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty.
Sentences: His unflinching courage in the face of danger inspired others.

10. Frazzled:
Meaning: extremely tired in a nervous or slightly worried way after a lot of mental or
physical effort.
Burned or dried out after being in the sun or cooking for too long
Sentences: The sun left her skin frazzled and burned.
11. Blithe:
Meaning: Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
Sentences: She moved through life with a blithe attitude, always seeing the positive side.

12. Bask:
Meaning: To sit or lie in a place where you can enjoy the warmth.
to enjoy the good feelings you have when other people admire you, give you a lot of
attention, etc.
Sentences: The cat loves to bask in the warm sunlight streaming through the window.

13. Ting-a-ling:
Meaning: The sound of the repeated ringing of a small bell.
Sentences: The shop door announced each customer's arrival with a ting-a-ling.

14. Dainty:
Meaning: (of people and things) small and delicate in a way that people find attractive.
Sentences: She took small, dainty steps as she walked down the runway.

15. Arduous:
Meaning: Involving a lot of effort and energy, especially over a period of time.
Sentences: Climbing the mountain proved to be an arduous journey.

16. Futurity:
Meaning: The time that will come after the present and what will happen then.
Sentences: It's hard to predict what will happen in futurity.

17. Exordium:
Meaning: The introductory section of an oration or discourse
Sentences: The exordium set the tone for the rest of the presentation.

18. Posse:
Meaning: Group of people who have come together for a particular purpose or task. It
often implies a sense of unity, support, and collective action.
Sentences: A posse of volunteers helped clean up the community park.

19. Homey:
Meaning: Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.
Sentences: The small kitchen felt homey and inviting.

20. Forfend:
Meaning: Protect (something) by precautionary measures.
Sentences: To forfend against potential dangers, she took extra precautions.
21. Skulk:
Meaning: To stay somewhere quietly and secretly, hoping that nobody will notice you,
especially because you are planning to do something bad.
Sentences: Thieves often skulk around dark alleys looking for opportunities.

22. Flaunt:
Meaning: to show something that you are proud of so that other people will admire it
Sentences: She couldn't help but flaunt her new dress at the party.

23. Waylay:
Meaning: To stop somebody who is going somewhere, especially in order to talk to them
or attack them.
Sentences: I didn't expect someone to waylay me with such a surprising question.

24. Tenebrous:
Meaning: Dark; shadowy or obscure.
Sentences: The tenebrous alleyway was shrouded in darkness.

25. Sass:
Meaning: To talk to someone in a rude way.
Sentences: The teenager was known for her tendency to sass her teachers.

26. Inane:
Meaning: Without any meaning; silly.
Sentences: The comedian's jokes were so inane that everyone burst into laughter.

27. Buoyant:
Meaning: Able to float
Happy and confident
Successful or making a profit
Sentences: The boat remained buoyant on the water's surface.

28. Mangle:
Meaning: To destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it into pieces so that its
original form is completely changed.
Sentences: The car accident mangled the front end of the vehicle.

29. Ostracize:
Meaning: to refuse to allow somebody to be a member of a social group; to refuse to
meet or talk to somebody.
Sentences: Social media can be a tool to ostracize individuals unfairly.
30. Cavil:
Meaning: To make unnecessary complaints about something.
Sentences: It's not productive to cavil about minor imperfections.

31. Divvy:
Meaning: To share something between different people or groups.
Sentences: The friends decided to divvy the cost of the trip equally.

32. Inept:
Meaning: Not able to do something well.
Not skilled or effective
Sentences: His inept performance in the audition disappointed the director.

33. Encomium:
Meaning: Expression of admiration or praise for someone or something.
Sentences: The book received widespread encomiums for its literary merit.

35. Inure:
Meaning: To get used to something difficult or unpleasant.
Sentences: The soldiers had to inure themselves to the harsh conditions of war.

36. Axiomatic:
Meaning: True in such an obvious way that you do not need to prove it.
Sentences: It's axiomatic that hard work leads to success.

37. Mien:
Meaning: A person's appearance or manner that shows how they are feeling.
Sentences: Despite his calm mien, you could sense the underlying tension.

38. Defy:
Meaning: To disobey.
To challenge.
To be beyond something.
Sentences: The rebellious teenager liked to defy authority.

39. Altruistic:
Meaning: The attitude of caring about others and doing acts that help them although you
do not get anything by doing those acts.
Sentences: His altruistic acts of kindness touched the hearts of many.

40. Circumambulate:
Meaning: Moving around a sacred object or idol.
Sentences: The ancient ritual involves circumambulating the ceremonial grounds.
41. Intractable:
Meaning: Uncontrollable.
Stubborn.
Difficult to cure.
Sentences: The intractable problem required a creative solution.

42. Abysmal:
Meaning: very bad; of very poor quality
Sentences: The team's performance in the game was abysmal.

43. Transpire:
Meaning: To take place : go on, occur.
Sentences: The details of the meeting are yet to transpire.

45. Impetus:
Meaning: Something that encourages something else to happen.
Sentence: The impetus for the team’s success was their strong motivation to win.

46. Daft:
Meaning: Silly; foolish.
Sentence: Despite his daft sense of humor, he was highly intelligent.

47. Brio:
Meaning: The quality of being active or spirited or alive or vigorous.
Sentence: He played the piano with brio, filling the room with spirited music.

48. Wheedle:
Meaning: To try to persuade someone to do something or give you something by praising
them or being intentionally charming.
Sentence: She tried to wheedle her way into getting a discount at the store.

49. Labrish:
Meaning: To gossip or talk excessively.
Sentence: Labrish about the new student spread quickly through the school.

50. Fave:
Meaning: A favorite person or thing.
Sentence: The singer performed all his fave songs during the concert.

51. Imponderabilia:
Meaning: Things that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
Sentence: In the imponderabilia of daily life, a shared laugh can lighten the mood.
52. Appall:
Meaning: To cause someone to be extremely upset or shocked.
Sentence: The news of the accident appalled everyone.

53. Soupçon:
Meaning: A very small quantity of something.
Sentence: She added a soupçon of salt to enhance the flavor of the dish.

54. Fabulist:
Meaning: A person who lies or falsifies.
Sentence: He was known as a fabulist for lying about his life.

55. Peccadillo:
Meaning: A small fault or mistake, or something that someone does wrong that is not
very serious.
Sentence: Her constant giggling was seen as a charming peccadillo.

56. Undergird:
Meaning: To support something by forming a strong base for it.
Sentence: A solid foundation was undergirding the success of any building.

57. Bemuse:
Meaning: Puzzle, confuse or bewilder (someone).
Sentence: The magician's trick bemused the audience.

58. Portend:
Meaning: To be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to
happen.
Sentence: The dark clouds and thunderstorms portended heavy rainfall.

59. Somnolent:
Meaning: Sleepy/drowsy tending to cause sleep.
Sentence: The somnolent lecture failed to keep the students engaged.

60. Superbious:
Meaning: Excessively proud.
Sentence: The manager’s superbious behavior created a toxic work environment.

61. Humongous:
Meaning: Huge; enormous.
Sentence: The humongous cake at the celebration fed the whole neighborhood.
62. Hitchhike:
Meaning: To get a lift or free ride by holding out your hand at the vehicles passing to your
destination.
Sentence: In college, he used to hitchhike to save money on transportation.

63. Convivium:
Meaning: A banquet, feast or gathering.
Sentence: The convivium was filled with laughter, music, and delicious food.

64. Adorbs:
Meaning: A short form of adorable, used to describe people, animals, or things that are
easy to like or love because they are so attractive.
Sentence: The baby’s chubby cheeks were simply adorbs.

65. Profundity:
Meaning: Great depth of insight or knowledge.
Sentence: The professor’s lecture was filled with profundity.

66. Goss
Meaning: Gossip
Sentence: She always loves to spread goss around the office, eager to share the juicy
details

67. Uproarious
Meaning: Noisy; something that makes people laugh.
Sentence: The party was so uproarious that it woke up the neighbors.

68. Bosky
Meaning: Having abundant bushes, shrubs, or trees
Sentence: We went for a hike in the bosky forest, surrounded by trees and shrubs.

69. Fettle
Meaning: Healthy or strong, or in good condition.
Sentence: After a good night's sleep, I felt in a fine fettle for the day ahead.

70. Epochal
Meaning: Extremely important, significant, or influential.
Sentence: The moon landing was an epochal moment in human history.

71. Haimish
Meaning: Having qualities associated with a homelike atmosphere; simple, warm,
relaxed, cozy.
Sentence: Grandma's house always feels so haimish with its warm atmosphere.
72. Capitulate
Meaning: Stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
Sentence: After hours of negotiation, they finally decided to capitulate to the demands.

73. Fallible
Meaning: Able or likely to make mistakes.
Sentence: Despite his expertise, he was fallible and made mistakes like everyone else.

74. Unintelligible
Meaning: Impossible to understand.
Sentence: The doctor's handwriting was unintelligible; I couldn't understand a word.

75. Inundated
Meaning: To give or send somebody so many things that he/she cannot deal with them
all.
To cover an area of land with water.
Sentence: The office was inundated with emails after the announcement went out.

76. Zap
Meaning: To destroy, hit, or kill somebody, usually with a gun or other weapon.
To change television programs very quickly using an electronic device (remote control).
Sentence: The superhero used his powers to zap the villain with a bolt of lightning.

77. Palter
Meaning: To beat around the bush by speaking or writing in an unclear way.
To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
Sentence: Stop paltering and tell me the truth!

78. Vamoose
Meaning: To leave hurriedly or quickly from.
Sentence: The bandits decided to vamoose when they heard the approaching police
sirens.

79. Anew
Meaning: Again; in a new or different way.
Sentence: Let's start anew and forget about our past mistakes.

80. Futz
Meaning: To waste time
Sentence: Instead of futzing around, let's get this job done.
81. Tidbit
Meaning: A small but very nice piece of food.
An interesting piece of information.
Sentence: She shared interesting tidbits about her travels during dinner.

82. Angst
Meaning: A feeling of anxiety and worry about a situation or about your life.
Sentence: He felt a sense of angst before the big exam.

83. Smother
Meaning: To kill somebody by covering his/her face so that he/she cannot breathe.
To cover something/somebody with too much of something.
Sentence: Don't smother the baby with too many blankets; she needs to breathe.

84. Reticent
Meaning: Not wanting to tell people about things.
Sentence: She was reticent about discussing her personal life with strangers.

85. Gaga
Meaning: Confused and unable to think clearly, especially because you are old.
Crazy or silly because you are very excited about somebody/something, or very much in
love with somebody.
Sentence: The elderly lady became gaga and couldn't remember where she left her
keys.

86.Titter
Meaning: To laugh quietly, especially in an embarrassed or nervous way.
Sentence: The audience couldn't help but titter at the comedian's jokes.

87. Twitter
Meaning: (Of a bird) To make a series of short, high sounds.
To talk quickly and nervously in a high voice, saying very little of importance or interest.
Sentence: The birds twittered cheerfully in the trees outside my window.

88. Jitter
Meaning: Feelings of extreme nervousness.
Act nervously.
Sentence: He felt a jitter of nerves before his first day at the new job.

89. Predilection
Meaning: A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
Sentence: She had a predilection for chocolate ice cream over any other flavor.
90. Dulcify
Meaning: Make sweeter in taste.
To calm or soothe
Sentence: She added sugar to dulcify the bitter taste of the medicine.

91. Zizz
Meaning: To sleep or make a buzzing sound.
Sleep or a buzzing sound.
Sentence: After a long day at work, he was looking forward to a peaceful zizz.

92. Dabble
Meaning: To become involved in something in a way that is not very serious.
To put your hands, feet, etc. in water and move them around.
Sentence: I like to dabble in painting as a hobby.

93. Genteel
Meaning: Behaving in a very polite way, often in order to make people think that you are
from high social class.
Sentence: The genteel lady always spoke politely to everyone she met.

94. Jauntily
Meaning: Filled with cheer, style, and self-confidence while you do something.
Sentence: He walked down the street, whistling jauntily to himself.

95. Keepsake
Meaning: A small item kept in memory of the person who gave it or originally owned it.
Sentence: The locket was a keepsake from her grandmother.

96. Imminent
Meaning: Likely to occur at any moment; impending; inevitable.
Sentence: The storm clouds indicated that rain was imminent.

97. Cosset
Meaning: To treat someone or something with excessive care or attention.
Sentence: : She liked to cosset her pet dog with treats and belly rubs.

98. Inkling
Meaning: A feeling that something is true or likely to happen, although you are not
certain.
Sentence: I had an inkling that she was planning a surprise party for me.
99. Florid
Meaning: (of a person's face) naturally fairly red in color (not just because the person is
hot, angry, etc.).
Something that is excessively ornate or flowery in style.
Sentence: The actor delivered a florid speech full of exaggerated gestures.

100. Supersede
Meaning: To replace something older, less effective, or less important or official.
Sentence: The new law will supersede the outdated regulations.

101. Morose
Meaning: Bad-tempered, and not saying much to other people.
Sentence: He became morose after hearing the bad news.

102. Stash
Meaning: To store or hide something, especially a large amount.
An amount of something that has been stored or hidden, especially a large amount.
Sentence: He had a secret stash of candy hidden under his bed.

103. Restive
Meaning: (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of
boredom or dissatisfaction.
Sentence: The restless horse became increasingly restive as the race approached.

104. Middling
Meaning: Medium or average; neither very good nor very bad.
Sentence: The movie received only middling reviews from critics.

105. Quell
Meaning: To suppress something.
To reduce the intensity of something.
Sentence: The teacher tried to quell the students' excitement before the exam.

106. Bedevil
Meaning: To confuse, annoy, or cause problems or difficulties for someone or something.
Sentence: Technical issues bedeviled the project from start to finish.

107. Attune
Meaning: To have a better understanding of what is needed or wanted by a particular
person or group.
To adjust to the situation.
Sentence: She tried to attune herself to the needs of her students.
108. Lithe
Meaning: (of a body) thin and attractive, and able to move easily and gracefully.
Sentence: The dancer's lithe movements captivated the audience.

109. Celerity
Meaning: Swiftness of movement.
Sentence: The ambulance rushed to the scene with celerity.

111. Niggle
Meaning: To annoy or worry somebody.
To complain or argue about things that are not important.
Sentence: A small niggle in the system caused the entire program to crash.

112. Purloin
Meaning: To steal something or use it without permission.
Sentence: The thief managed to purloin the valuable painting from the museum.

113. Cull
Meaning: To kill a number of animals in a group to prevent the group from becoming too
large
to collect information, ideas, etc., from different places
Sentence: She culled information from various sources for her research project.

114. Insuperable
Meaning: (used about a problem, etc.) impossible to solve
Sentence: The task seemed insuperable, with no solution in sight.

115. Reinstate
Meaning: to give back a job or position that was taken from somebody.
to return something to its former position or role.
Sentence: He reinstated the painting to its original place on the wall.

116. Vaticinate
Meaning: To tell about the future by supernatural means.
Sentence: Some cultures believe certain individuals can vaticinate events before they
happen.

117. Revivify
Meaning: To give new energy and strength to an event or activity.
Sentence: The energetic music revivified the atmosphere of the party.
118. Lionize
Meaning: Give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity.
Sentence: The media tends to lionize celebrities, often exaggerating their achievements.

119. Cromulent
Meaning: Acceptable or adequate.
Sentence: His excuse seemed cromulent enough to justify his absence.

120. Weakling
Meaning: A person who is physically or weak. .
Sentence: He was often teased for being a weakling on the playground.

121. Deleterious
Meaning: Harmful
Sentence: Smoking has deleterious effects on one's health.

122. Jollity
Meaning: Having fun and being in an extremely good mood.
Sentence: The carnival was filled with laughter and jollity.

123. Penury
Meaning: The state of being very poor; extreme poverty.
Sentence: The family lived in penury, struggling to make ends meet

124. Meld
Meaning: Noun → combination
Verb → combine
Sentence: Their voices melded into a beautiful harmony.

125. Kittenish
Meaning: Cute and playful in a way that attracts attention
Sentence: She put on a kittenish act to charm her way out of trouble

126. Pernicious
Meaning: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Sentence: Gossip can have pernicious effects on relationships.

127. Pragmatic
Meaning: Solving problems in a practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed
ideas or theories
Sentence: Instead of arguing, they took a pragmatic approach to solve the problem.
128. Prance
Meaning: To walk or move in a lively and proud way so that people notice you.
Sentence: The horse pranced around the field, showing off its agility.

129. Avid
Meaning: Very enthusiastic about something (usually a hobby).
Sentence: She's an avid reader, devouring books by the dozen.

130. Squabble
Meaning: to argue in a noisy way about something that is not very important.
Sentence: The children squabbled over who got to play with the toy first.

131. Unbeknownst
Meaning: Without the knowledge of (someone).
Sentence: Unbeknownst to her, he had planned a surprise party.

132. Aggrandize
Meaning: To make someone more powerful or important
Sentence: He constantly sought to aggrandize himself by boasting about his
accomplishments.

133. Hodgepodge
Meaning: A confused or disorderly mass or collection of things.
Sentence: The garage sale had a hodgepodge of items, ranging from antiques to modern
gadgets.

134. Tendentious
Meaning: Strongly favoring a particular point of view in a way that may cause argument :
expressing a strong opinion.
Sentence: The article was tendentious, clearly favoring one political viewpoint over
another.

135. Peevish
Meaning: Easily annoyed by things that are not important
Sentence: She became peevish when things didn't go her way.

136. Exhaustive
Meaning: Complete and includes everything.
Sentence: The report provided an exhaustive analyzation of the situation.

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