Vocabulary Word
Word: dregs
Definition: sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue
Definition: sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue
Sentences Containing 'dregs'
No vivacious Bacchanalian flame leaped out of the pressed grape of Monsieur Defarge: but, a smouldering fire that burnt in the dark, lay hidden in the dregs of it.
He drained another glass to the dregs, whilst the cards were being dealt.
Barrois took away the waiter, and hardly was he outside the door, which in his haste he forgot to shut, than they saw him throw back his head and empty to the very dregs the glass which Valentine had filled.
The bitter cup of adversity has been drained by me to the very dregs, and I feel that the grave is not far distant.
But now the spell had been upon him eight-and-forty hours, and he lay there, doubtless among the dregs of the docks, breathing in the poison or sleeping off the effects.
More Vocab Words
::: flutter - (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N.::: avenge - take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy.
::: diorama - life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background
::: steadfast - steadily loyal; unswerving; steady
::: obelisk - tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid
::: irremediable - incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy
::: constituency - voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)
::: foment - stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)
::: flicker - burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement
::: collaborate - work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy
