myopic = nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia
tortuous = winding; full of curves; Ex. tortuous mountain
road
cross = bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry
murmur = low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble
fret = be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor
grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful
gaffe = social blunder
divest = strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess;
N. divestiture(divestment)
beatitude = blessedness; state of great happiness
sinecure = well-paid position with little responsibility;
CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif
squat = short and thick; stocky; Ex. ugly squat tower; V.
N.
unintimating = unfrightening
provocative = arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying;
Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to
anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation
discomfit = frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
tarry = linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle
prosperous = successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; welloff
apotheosis = elevation to godhood; an ideal example of
Something



bard = poet
larder = pantry; place where food is kept
cleft = N: split
rider = amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
jostle = shove; bump; push against (someone) rather
roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds
coquette = flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to
attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings;
V.
exhume = dig out of the ground; remove from a grave
crypt = secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground
room (under a church)
resurrect = revive
zenith = point directly overhead in the sky; summit;
acme; highest point
stamina = power of endurance; strength; staying power
blurt = utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
extrapolation = projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer
(unknown information) from known information
vagabond = wanderer (without a permanent home);
tramp
check = stop motion; curb or restrain
sophisticated = worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex;
N. sophistication; V. sophisticate