Vocabulary List – Week 11

  • amble – verb
    to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter
    I ambled down the path looking for leprechauns!
  • saunter – verb
    to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll
    I sauntered down the path looking for a Trimorian plugged nickel.
  • savvy – adjective
    to know; understand.
    That mouse was pretty savvy to know it needed to avoid the trap.
  • toil – noun
    hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
    I toiled in the garden looking for the lost ring.
  • verdant – adj
    green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass
    As I walked through the verdant forest, I smelled a foul odor and wondered what must have died.
  • fortuitous – adj
    happening or produced by chance; accidental
    I fortuitously stumbled into a winning lottery ticket.
  • eccentric – noun
    something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd.
    My aunt is extremely eccentric.
  • magnate – noun
    a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.
    I got nervous as I realized that I was meeting with a magnate of the garbage collection industry..
  • benevolence – noun
    desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness
    My father didn’t appreciate the benevolence I had done by helping my brother cheat on an exam.
  • reluctant – adj
    unwilling; disinclined
    I was reluctant to give up the last piece of licorice.
  • mirth – noun
    amusement or laughter
    My brother chortled with mirth.
  • conceal – verb
    to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight
    I managed to conceal a piece of liver in my brother’s mashed potatoes.
  • prosperous – adj
    having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful
    The selling of books does not make one particularly prosperous.
  • atrium – noun
    a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
    The family waited in the atrium while my father got the suitcases.
  • serene – adj
    calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled
    The lake was a serene place for me go to and relax.
  • double-entendre – noun
    a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways
    Children seem to be using the words fire truck as a double-entendre today.
  • grotesque – adj
    odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
    My brother made a grotesque face to scare our mother.
  • malicious – adj
    vicious, wanton, or mischievous in motivation or purpose.
    I found that someone maliciously tore up my flowers.
  • brood – noun
    a breed, species, group, or kind
    My brood does not like to involve itself in the affairs of that other family.
  • smote – verb
    to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon
    I smote the hot iron with a hammer.