Vocabulary Word

More Vocab Words

::: demotic - of or pertaining to the people
::: manacle - restrain; handcuff; N.
::: incontinent - lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious
::: nonchalance - indifference; lack of concern; composure; ADJ. nonchalant: unconcerned; cool; indifferent; Ex. nonchalant attitude to his debts
::: verisimilar - having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible
::: wanton - unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause
::: droop - bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N.
::: chaplain - clergyman attached to a chapel
::: construe - explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue
::: aperture - opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light