currently reading, 17 June 2011

  • revelry n. lively and noisy festivities
  • augury n. a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen
  • repugnance n. intense disgust
  • adjure v. to urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something
  • irresolutely adv. showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain
  • entreat v. to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
  • malefactor n. a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
  • sagacious adj. having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd
  • august adj. respected and impressive
  • venal adj. showing or motivate by susceptibility to bribery
  • chimera n. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve
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