Hello book lover! This time we’ll be covering one week of some advanced English vocabulary (1 word per day). If you already know these words, feel free to mention in the comments where you read or heard it for the first time or share an example sentence with everyone!
(Words are defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary, which can be found online here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/ )
Feebly (adverb)
- 1: poorly, scantily, insufficiently
- 2: in a feeble manner : ineffectively, weakly: mildly : dimly
wont (adjective)
- 1: accustomed, used
- 2: inclined, apt
Crick (noun (1))
- 1: a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back)
Listless (adjective)
- 1: characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
Berth (noun)
- 1a: nautical : sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship
- 1b: an amount of distance maintained for safety
- 2a: the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf
- 2b: a space for an automotive vehicle at rest
- 3: a place to sit or sleep especially on a ship or vehicle : accommodation
- 4a: a billet (see billet entry 1 sense 2a) on a ship
- 4b: job, position, place
Impromptu (adjective)
- 1: made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
- 2: composed or uttered without previous preparation : extemporaneous
Parse (verb)
- 1a: to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other
- 1b: to describe (a word) grammatically by stating the part of speech and explaining the inflection and syntactical relationships
- 2: to examine in a minute way : analyze critically
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