magnate = person of prominence or influence; powerful
or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil
magnate
botch = mismanage; blow
citadel = fortress
libidinous = lustful
mendicant = beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar
dawdle = loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing
nascent = incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex.
nascent ability in music
valid = logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; effective;
Ex. valid reasoning/passport
shambles = (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin;
wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a
shambles.
gloss = brief explanation note or translation of a difficult
expression; V.
commandeer = take (private property) for military use
without needing permission or giving payment; draft
for military purposes
rig = arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship)
with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship.s
sails
disbar = make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession
fitful = spasmodic; intermittent; irregular
altercation = noisy quarrel
apropos = with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos
(of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.
checkered(chequered) = marked by great changes in fortune;
with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having
a pattern of squares
insinuate = hint; imply; suggest indirectly; creep in; introduce
or insert (oneself) by artful means; Ex. insinuate
himself into the boss.s favor; CF. ingratiate
muted = silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic
noise