| 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 |