pedestrian | dull, uninteresting, mundane, vapid | |
aquacade | swimming, diving, wet | |
congregation | a gathering/ a religious group | |
preacher | a person who talks in an annoying way about moral issues | |
to preach | to talk in an annoying way about moral issues | |
entrepreneur | a person that undertakes sth difficult | |
moonlighter | a person who works at night/ sb who takes extra job after hours | |
benediction | a blessing | |
to admonish | to scold, to urge, to warn | |
to reproach | to criticise, to rebuke | |
to exhort | to advise strongly, to urge | |
to pay homage | to show respect | |
gustatory | referring to taste | |
olfactory | referring to smell | |
myopic | short-sighted | |
kinesthetic | tending to exhort and advise strongly | |
palpable | that can be touched | |
sheepish | foolish, embarrassed, befuddled | |
coy | a kitten/ sb who is timid and not serious | |
kittenish | playful like a kitty | |
contrite | repentant, showing regret | |
glib | showing the ability to use language in a convincing way, talking easily | |
pert | lively, amusing | |
pungent | strong, irritating | |
to spatter | to splash, to sprinkle | |
to clatter | to make noise when heavy objects hit each other | |
lariat | sth used by cowboys to catch things | |
preamble | first part | |
amendment | correction | |
a by-line | a line giving writer's name | |
premonition | a feeling that sth bad will happen | |
omen | a sign, a warning | |
to disband | to stop being a group | |
to convene | to organise a meeting | |
to muster | to gather | |
to countermand | to cancel | |
to gamble | to hazard | |
ruse | a trick to excuse or deceive sb | |
drab | dull, uninteresting | |
insipid | lacking in taste | |
dismal | gloomy, unhappy | |
silt | mud | |
to thaw | to melt | |
decrepit | made week by age or hard use | |
enervated | nervous, with little enthusiasm | |
languid | inactive, slow-moving | |