Russel Brand's: Booky Wook 2

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Vocab list of interesting words selected from Russel Brand's second Biography: BOOKY WOOK 2.
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  1. garret
    floor consisting of open space at the top of a house
  2. digs
    temporary living quarters
  3. duvet
    a soft quilt usually filled with down
  4. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  5. warring
    engaged in war
  6. patronage
    the business given to an establishment by its customers
  7. elation
    a feeling of joy and pride
  8. paramour
    a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
  9. tyke
    a young person of either sex
  10. spuriously
    in a false and spurious manner
  11. deluge
    a heavy rain
  12. debauched
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  13. skulking
    evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
  14. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  15. petulantly
    in an easily irritated or annoyed manner
  16. nasturtium
    flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings
  17. gala
    a lavish public entertainment or celebration
  18. moussaka
    casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs
  19. ensconce
    fix firmly
  20. palpitate
    beat rapidly
  21. pulpit
    a platform raised to give prominence to the person on it
  22. louche
    of questionable taste or morality
  23. canonise
    declare (a dead person) to be a saint
  24. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  25. incensed
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  26. profligately
    in a dissolute way
    Thus, then, the mystic priests belonging to this sect both live profligately and practise magical arts, each one to the extent of his ability. Ayer, Joseph Cullen
  27. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  28. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  29. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  30. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
Created on Thu Jul 12 16:45:48 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Jul 17 13:40:23 EDT 2012)

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