WPME 12 [2]

jerrynik (India)
Its chapter 12, How To Flatter Your Friends. Mainly consists of Sessions 32 to 37.

from the Awesome Book "Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis"
58 words 7 learners

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  1. oviparous
    egg-laying
  2. ovoid
    rounded like an egg
  3. ovulate
    produce and discharge eggs
  4. ovulation
    the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary
  5. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  6. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  7. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  8. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  9. perspicuity
    clarity as a consequence of being easily understandable
  10. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  11. prospect
    the possibility of future success
  12. prospect
    the possibility of future success
  13. prospective
    of or concerned with or related to the future
  14. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  15. punctuate
    insert marks to clarify meaning
  16. puncture
    pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
  17. pungency
    a strong odor or taste property
  18. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  19. pusillanimity
    contemptible fearfulness
  20. pusillanimous
    lacking in courage, strength, and resolution
  21. retrospect
    contemplation of things past
  22. revitalization
    the act of bringing new life, activity, or prominence to
  23. revitalize
    give new life or vigor to
  24. revival
    bringing again into activity and prominence
  25. revive
    cause to regain consciousness
  26. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  27. rustic
    characteristic of rural life
  28. rusticate
    live in the country and lead a pastoral life
  29. rustication
    the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
  30. rusticity
    the quality of being rustic or gauche
  31. scintilla
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  32. scintillate
    emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
  33. scintillating
    having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
  34. scintillation
    (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
  35. specious
    plausible but false
  36. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  37. stoical
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  38. stoicism
    an indifference to pleasure or pain
  39. suburbia
    a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
  40. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  41. unanimity
    everyone being of one mind
  42. unanimous
    in complete agreement
  43. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  44. urbanity
    polished courtesy; elegance of manner
  45. versatile
    having great diversity or variety
  46. versatility
    having a wide variety of skills
  47. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  48. vitality
    the property of being able to survive and grow
  49. vitalization
    the state of being vitalized and filled with life
  50. vitalize
    make more lively or vigorous
  51. vitamin
    an organic substance essential to normal metabolism
  52. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  53. vivacity
    high spirits and animation
  54. vivid
    having striking color
  55. vividness
    interest and variety and intensity
  56. viviparous
    producing living young and not eggs
  57. vivisection
    the act of operating on living animals
  58. vivisectionist
    a biologist who cuts open live animals for research
Created on Sun Aug 25 14:16:41 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Feb 08 21:18:52 EST 2014)

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