Vocabulary Building

Vocabulary Study Notes

• Peering: Looking keenly or with difficulty, such as squinting to see clearly, or becoming visible.
• Translucent: Allowing light to pass through without showing detailed shapes; semitransparent.
• Insurmountable: Impossible to overcome; describes an obstacle that cannot be passed.
• Sweltering: Uncomfortably hot atmosphere or conditions.
• Pulsated: Expanding and contracting regularly, like throbbing blood vessels, or producing a rhythmic sensation or sound.
• Queasy: Feeling sick or nauseous; also, slightly nervous or worried.
• Unacquainted: Not having met before; unfamiliar with something.
• Lanky: Tall, thin, and loose-jointed in build.
• Squinting: Partially closing one or both eyes to see more clearly, often in response to strong light, or having eyes that look in different directions.
• Concede: Admitting something is true or valid after initially denying or resisting it, or surrendering possession of something.
• Transpired: Occurring or happening; also, referring to a plant or leaf, giving off water vapor.
• Immense: Extremely large in scale or degree; huge or vast.
• Apprehension: Anxiety or fear about something unpleasant that might happen, or understanding and comprehension of something.
• Angst: A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, often unfocused, about the human condition.
• Rigorous: Extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate; strictly applied.
• Exigent: Requiring immediate aid or action; demanding.
• Comrades: Companions who share activities or are members of an organization.
• Tenacity: Persistent determination; not quitting until a goal is reached.
• Plummeted: Falling or dropping straight down at high speed, or decreasing rapidly in value or amount.
• Procured: Gaining possession of something.
• Notorious: Widely and unfavorably known.
• Inaugural: Marking the beginning of an institution, activity, or period of office.
• Brusquely: In a blunt, abrupt, or rude manner.
• Expounded: Presenting and explaining a theory or idea systematically and in detail, or explaining the meaning of a literary work.
• Abhorred: Regarding with disgust and hatred; detesting.
• Grouses: Complaining pettily or grumbling.
• Revolting: Causing intense disgust, or rising in rebellion.
• Sauntered: Walking in a slow, relaxed manner; strolling.
• Plagued: Causing continual trouble or distress, or pestering someone continually.
• Subdued: Quiet, reflective, or depressed in manner; soft and restrained in color or lighting.
• Unwearyingly: Without growing tired; tirelessly.
• Recounted: Telling someone about something, or giving an account of an event.
• Traverse: Traveling across or through, or moving something back and forth; also, a part of a structure extending across something.
• Inquisitively: Showing a desire to learn or discover something.
• Trepidation: A feeling of fear or agitation about a potential event, or a trembling motion.
• Pensively: Thoughtfully or dreamily, often with a hint of sadness.
• Cogitated: Thinking deeply about something; meditating or reflecting.
• Resolute: Purposeful, determined, and unwavering.
• Mediocrity: The state of being mediocre, or a person of mediocre ability.
• Vacillating: Alternating or wavering between opinions or actions; being indecisive.
• Pervasive: Spreading widely throughout an area or group, especially of an unwelcoming influence.
• Reminisced: Indulging in enjoyable recollection of past events.
• Orator: A skilled and eloquent public speaker.
• Ascertained: Finding something out for certain; making sure of it.
• Fathomed: Understanding a difficult problem or enigmatic person after much thought, or measuring the depth of water.
• Reverberated: (of a loud noise) Being repeated as an echo, or (of a place) appearing to vibrate due to loud noise.
• Puerile: Childishly silly and trivial.
• Timorous: Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence.
• Effect: A change resulting from an action or cause, or the lighting and sound used in a play/movie.
• Affect: Having an effect on something, touching someone's feelings emotionally, or (of an illness) infecting someone.
• Immemorial: Originating in the very distant past; ancient.
• Eradicate: Destroying completely; putting an end to.
• Yielding: Giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid, or generating a financial return.
• Entombed: Placing a dead body in a tomb, or burying/trapping something.
• Knapsack: A bag with shoulder straps worn on the back, typically made of weatherproof material.
• Hollow: Having a hole or empty space inside, or without significance.
• Inflicted: Causing something unpleasant to be suffered, or imposing something unwelcome.
• Fostering: Encouraging the development of something positive, or bringing up a child that is not one’s own.
• Leeched: Habitually exploiting or relying on others.
• Scouring: Cleaning a surface by rubbing hard, or water making a channel by flowing forcefully.
• Permeated: Spreading throughout something; pervading or filling it.
• Respite: A short period of rest or relief from something difficult.
• Raked: Collecting or moving with a rake, making ground tidy, or scratching with a sweeping movement.
• Wrought: (archaic) Worked, or (of metals) shaped by hammering.
• Duality of Nature: Something having two aspects or behaviors.

Enhance your vocabulary with definitions and context for words like 'peering,' 'translucent,' and 'insurmountable.' Grasp the nuances of 'sweltering,' 'pulsated,' 'queasy,' and more. Master new words and improve communication skills.