English Glossary Words

Front 1

The action of contriving or ingeniously endeavouring the accomplishment of anything; the bringing to pass by planning, scheming, or stratagem; manœuvring, plotting; deceitful practice

Back 1

contrivance

Front 2

Vicious indulgence in sensual pleasures

Back 2

debauchery

Front 3

A large fish of the family Acipenseridæ, having an elongated, almost cylindrical, body protected by longitudinal rows of bony scutes and a long tapering snout, found widely distributed in the rivers and coastal waters of the north temperate zone

Back 3

sturgeon

Front 4

between prep., adv., and n., in the various senses of that word. Now somewhat arch. in literary English and chiefly poetical. Still in colloquial use in some dialects.
a. of local position. lit. and fig b. of time. c. of other relations.

Back 4

betwixt

Front 5

The action of separating or distinguishing, or condition of being distinguished or disjunct; separation, disjunction, distinction

Back 5

discretion

Front 6

To say, utter, declare

Back 6

bequeath

Front 7

Great courage; fortitude

Back 7

magnanimity

Front 8

Inordinately given to grasping or taking; aggressively greedy; greedily desirous of.


b. Of a quality, action, etc.

Back 8

rapacious

Front 9

Set or raised aloft; high up

Back 9

sublime

Front 10

Surpassing or excelling others of its kind; going beyond the ordinary limits; pre-eminent; superior or supreme; extraordinary.

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transcendent