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 |