For the enthusiast readers and authors, here is the 6th edition of vocabulary tutorial – more words to add to your dictionary !
Happy learning !
| Word | Meaning | Sentence |
| Debauched | Characterized by excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol or drugs | His father did not approve of his son’s debauched lifestyle. |
| Salacious | Conveying indecent interest in sexual matters, obscene | This novel had salacious content. |
| Whet | A thing that stimulates appetite or desire. | The delicious food laid at the table whetted my appetite. |
| Gumption | Shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness | Although he was well paid he had the gumption to ask for a raise. |
| Grit | Courage and resolve, strength of character | Grit, perseverance and determination are imperative qualities for succeeding in any field. |
| Gormandize | Eat good food, especially in excess | “Don’t gormandize at the party ! Don’t make a pig of yourself !” |
| Eerie | Strange, frightening | The door made an eerie sound at night. |
| Obeisance | Deferential respect | In my family, we say a prayer before each meal to show obeisance and thanks. |
| Gory | Involving or showing violence and bloodshed | The king captured the northern territory after defeating his enemy in a gory battle. |
| Agog | Very eager or curious to hear or see something | They were all agog for the exam results. |
| Banal, trite, hackneyed | Lacking in originality, overused | Eventually, the saying has become so hackneyed that people have stopped using it. |
| Abstemious | Indulging very moderately in something, like food or drink. | Following his mother’s order, Jaden was abstemious at dinner. |
| Saturnine | Gloomy, morose, sad and solemn
(ant. Sanguine ) |
The dog’s eyes became saturnine whenever his owner left the house. |
| Fanatical | Filled with excessive and single-minded zeal | His wife was fanatical about tidiness. |
| Heresy | Opinions profoundly different from dogmatic or orthodox views, deviation from a dominant theory or opinion | Just because an idea is new does not mean it is heresy. |
| Beatific | Feeling or expressing blissful happiness | Her beatific smile hides all the troubles she has been going through. |
| Blustery | Characterized by strong winds, tempestuous | The blustery student is difficult for the teachers to handle |
| anathema | something or someone that one vehemently dislikes | Reading classics is an anathema to me. |
| inveterate | having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change. | He is an inveterate gambler who spends all his money in gambling. |
| frisson | A sudden feeling of excitement or fear, thrill. | I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category. |
| superaanuated | Outdated, obsolete, old fashioned | Often they are forced to write about superannuated celebrities in preference to fresh talent. |
| entourage | A group of people surrounding or attending to an important person | An entourage of royal advisors always followed the king. |
| accrued | accumulate or receive (payments or benefits) over time. | Loans accrue interests. |
| unbridled | unrestrained | The girls danced with unbridled enthusiasm after winning the competition. |
