Vocabulary Word
Word: avocation
Definition: secondary or minor occupation
Definition: secondary or minor occupation
Sentences Containing 'avocation'
It is not an avocation of a remunerative description--in other words, it does not pay--and some temporary embarrassments of a pecuniary nature have been the consequence.
The Brahmins maintain that in the almost endless sculptures of that immemorial pagoda, all the trades and pursuits, every conceivable avocation of man, were prefigured ages before any of them actually came into being.
Such an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation beget; that at last I was continually squeezing their hands, and looking up into their eyes sentimentally; as much as to say,--Oh!
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::: disgruntle - make discontented
::: rift - narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation
::: consternation - great shock; dismay
::: ethereal - like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air
::: commensurate - equal in extent; of the same size
::: assail - assault
::: beatitude - blessedness; state of great happiness
::: proponent - supporter; backer; opposite of opponent
