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Vocabulary Building
Vocabulary Building
1. Dulcet (adj) (esp. of sound) Sweet and soothing: "record the dulcet tones of your family and friends".
Synonyms: melodious - mellifluous tuneful
2. Plump (adj) having a full rounded shape, fat
Synonyms: chubby - corpulent - stout - fleshy
3. Amiable (adj) Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured
Synonyms: sociable; congenial: an amiable gathering.
4. Garrulous (adj) given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. a garrulous
speech.Synonyms: voluble, chatty, verbose
5. Clutter (v) to fill or spread over in a disorderly manner: Boxes cluttered the garage.
Synonyms: litter, mess up, strew
6. Flabbergast (v) to cause to be overcome with astonishment: The news really flabbergasted me.
Synonyms: stun, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy
7. Unhinged (v) confused; disrupted. He was unhinged by his wife's death.
Synonyms: unbalanced, deranged, disturbed
8. Vogue (n) The prevailing fashion, practice.Short shirts were once the vogue.
Synonyms: trend, style, craze
9. Fanciful (adj) unreal: a fanciful story. Synonyms: imaginary, unbelievable, invented
10. Reek (n) A strong offensive odor; a terrible reek coming from the garbage can
Synonyms: unpleasant smell, a stench
11. Flamboyant (adj) rich in colour; or extravagant; flamboyant clothes.
Synonyms: resplendent, showy, flashy, glitzy florid
12. Relish (v) to take keen or zestful pleasure in: relish traveling to new places.
Synonyms: savour; enjoy
13. Embellish (v) to make beautiful with ornamentation: a book embellished with colorful illustrations
Synonyms: adorn; decorate
14. Infuriate (v) to make (someone) very angry: She was infuriated by his arrogance
Synonyms: furious, enrage; incense, exasperate
15. Distraught (adj) So upset that you are not able to think clearly or behave normally: Distraught
relatives Synonyms: distressed; hysterical, flustered
16. Acclaim (v) to praise; extol; eulogise
Sentence: A dinner was arranged so the management could acclaim Nancy as the employee of the year.
17. Aggravate (v) worsen; intensify; exacerbate Sentence: Pollution can aggravate asthma.
18. Bedraggled (adj) very untidy; grubby; disheveled Sentence: He combed his bedraggled hair.
19. Beguile (v) to cheat, deceive, bamboozle Sentence: The witness saw the woman beguile the elderly
man into giving her his savings.
20. Bungle (v) mismanage, mishandle, botch
Sentence: The banker was caught trying to bungle the funds.
21. Catastrophe (n) disaster; calamity; cataclysm
Sentence: The tsunami of December 2004 was a catastrophe that affected millions.
22. Counterfeit (adj) fake, imitation, forged
Sentence: He had a counterfeit dollar bill in his pocket.
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10. friendly