Vocabulary Word
Word: patina
Definition: green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
Definition: green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
More Vocab Words
::: misconstrue - interpret incorrectly; misinterpret; misjudge::: buccaneer - pirate
::: officious - meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy
::: dainty - delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress
::: defeatist - resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
::: opaque - dark; not transparent; N. opacity
::: founder - fail completely; sink; CF. flounder
::: interregnum - period between two successive reigns or governments
::: sentinel - sentry; lookout
::: glaring - (of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly
