salvation (n.) /sælˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
definition:
something or someone that helps someone in a bad or dangerous situation
EX:
This is indeed the greatest salvation of all.
botany (n.) /ˈbɑt(ə)ni/
definition:
the scientific study of plants
EX:
The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.
falter (v.) /'fɔltɚ/
definition:
to become weaker or less effective
EX:
The economy is showing signs of faltering.
vault (n.) /vɔlt/
definition:
an underground room where people’s bodies are buried, especially under a church
EX:
Let there be a vault in the midst of the waters.
welter (n.) /ˈweltər/
definition:
a messy collection of different things; a welterweight
EX:
The earth then was welter.
nostril (n.) /ˈnɑstrəl/
definition:
one of the two holes at the end of your nose
EX:
He dislikes his wide nostrils.
immense (a.) /ɪˈmens/
definition:
extremely large
EX:
The scope of his written work, philosophical and scientific, is immense.
solely (adv.) /ˈsoʊlli/
definition:
involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned
EX:
It was rather a shock to look into these matters and discover that the fault was solely mine.
swarm (v.) /swɔrm/
definition:
to go somewhere as part of a large crowd;if insects swarm, they fly together in a large group
EX:
Let the waters swarm with the swarm of living creatures.
fowl (n.) /faʊl/
definition:
a bird that is kept on a farm for its eggs and meat, for example a chicken or a duck old word for “bird”
EX:
SE Asian jungle fowl considered ancestral to domestic fowl.
skim (v.) /skɪm/
definition:
to move quickly over the surface of something, or to make something do this
EX:
The hovercraft is able to skim over the water.
dominion (n.) /dəˈmɪnjən/
definition:
control, or the right to rule over something.
EX:
Our country's dominion is very vast.
pang (n.) /pæŋ/
definition:
a very strong, sudden, and unpleasant pain or emotion.
EX:
I will terribly sharpen your birth pangs.
necessitate (v.) /nəˈsesɪˌteɪt/
definition:
to make something necessary
EX:
These assumptions necessitate different conclusions.
synagogue (n.) /ˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/
definition:
a building used by Jewish people for worship and religious study
EX:
The platform from which services are conducted in a synagogue.
forsake (v.) /fərˈseɪk/
definition:
to leave someone, or to stop helping or taking care of them, when they still need you
EX:
Why have you forsaken me?
caste (n.) /kæst/
definition:
one of the traditional social classes that people were born into in Hindu society, or the system of having these classes
EX:
I suppose you also have a caste system in your society.
legitimate (a.) /ləˈdʒɪtəmət/
definition:
allowed by the law, or correct according to the law; fair and reasonable
EX:
Jesus was the legitimate heir to the throne.
subjugation (n.) /ˌsʌbdʒʊˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
definition:
forced submission to control by others
EX:
It justifies women’s normal subjugation in Greek cultural.
integrity (n.) /ɪnˈteɡrəti/
definition:
the quality of always behaving according to the moral principles that you believe in, so that people respect and trust you
EX:
Clytemnestra also defends the integrity of the family.
bdellium (n.) [ˈdɛlɪəm]
definition:
a fragrant resin produced by a number of trees related to myrrh, used in perfumes
EX:
And the gold of that land is goodly, bdellium is there, and lapis lazuli.
sustainer (n.) [səˈstenɚ]
definition:
upholder, someone who upholds or maintains
EX:
I shall make him a sustainer beside him.
disdainful (a.) [dɪsˋdenfəl]
definition:
showing that you do not respect someone or something, because you think that they are not important or good enough:
EX:
Professors are disdainful of popular entertainment.
cower (v.) [ˋkaʊɚ]
definition:
to bend low and move back because you are frightened
EX:
He cowered against the wall.
sardonic (a.) [sɑrˋdɑnɪk]
definition:
showing that you do not have a good opinion of someone or something, and feel that you are better than them
EX:
He looked at her with sardonic amusement.
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