Vocabulary Word
Word: culmination
Definition: highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
Definition: highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
More Vocab Words
::: woeful - sad; (of something bad) deplorable; deplorably bad; Ex. woeful housing conditions::: exacerbate - worsen; aggravate; embitter
::: morbid - given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease
::: verisimilitude - appearance of truth; quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood; Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth
::: implode - burst inward; CF. vaccum tube
::: adamant - hard; inflexible
::: finale - conclusion; concluding part
::: chimerical - fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature
::: gloss_over - explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
::: peddle - travel about selling (wares); CF. foot
