A
ablaze
aft
ajar: slightly open
allay
amiss test
avast: stop, cease
awry
B
balk
bane
bask
beck: be at their beck and call
befall
befoul
bereft: bereft of her love
beget
begrudgingly: begrudgingly benefit from her aid
bequeath:
bind
betide: woe betide
bewitch
bide
bode
bore: they will leap onto your face and bore straight into it
bout: My bout with rsi was far from over
briar: prickly scarmbling shrubs, especially wild roses
brunt
- *she bore the brunt of their insults*
bulwark
D
die, undying:
(especially of an emotion) lasting forever.
dour:
Definition: relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
dregs:
coffee dregs
the dregs of society
F
flout: I flouted the code of conduct
forebear:
foreboding: this became a foreboding cloud that followed my every move
forestall
forewarn
forlorn: forlorn figures skated by
forthright: (of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken.
fraught: her solution was fraught with its own problems
G
- gawk
H
harbinger: a harbinger of doom
headway: the police made no headway
heed
helm
herald
homegrown
I
inroad
irk, irksome
K
- keel
- verb: (of a boat/ship) turn over; capsize
- knell
- *death knell*
L
- leer,leering
- *spare me those leering eyes*
linchpin
M
- mar
- *marred with violence*
- mired
mete: punishment has been meted out
N
nary: there was nary a murmur or complaint
nether, nethermost: nethermost regions of the earth
nigh:
The time is nigh
O
oft:
it's oft-heard
P
- pang
Q
quail: to become fearful
quell: quench: quench one's thirst
R
rack (wrack): racked with guilt
rattle
rue: rue the day
rung:
Definition: horizontal support on ladders
Example: working class trapped on the bottom-rung
S
seat, unseated:
deep unseated desire
settle, unsettling:
slake: slake one's thirst
slink:
Definition: move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy manner
Example: He slunk (or slinked) back into the shadows
skittish
slovenly: fat and :slovenly*
stead: appointed in my stead
stilt
stockade: a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals.
T
thereafter
thereof -> of that: there's been a lot of talk about subsidies... or the lack thereof
thereabouts
therein -> in that
thereby -> by that
thereon -> on that the decision of the speaker of the house thereon shall be final.
therewith -> with that
thereunder -> under that
thereat -> at that
thereto -> at that?
thereupon -> upon that
thereinto -> into that
thicket: owls hidden in the dense thicket
U
unbridled: my unbridled glee/ sheer unbridled terror
underbelly
upend
W
wallow
waltz:
wane: with no sign of waning
wan: pale, weak a wan smile
wanton: (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked
ward:
ward off: ward off pangs of hunger
wash, awash:
Example: to be awash in conflicting waves
wayside: be happy and the sadness will fall by the wayside
wayward: you and your wayward ways
wean
wedge: drove a wedge between us
whim
whereabouts
wherein: in which
whereof: of which
whereby: by which
whereon: on which
wherewith: with which
whereunder: under which
whereat: at which
whereto: at which
whereupon: upon which
whereinto: into which
wherewith
wherewithal
whinge:
Definition: complain peevishly
whittle: whittle away one's life wiles
winnow:
Definition: blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.
Example: (Literary) (of the wind) blow, the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass
wither: a withered heart
wrench: I cannot wrench myself from her
eath: she laid a wreath at the tomb
writhe: writhe in guilt at the thought of his betrayal
wrought
Y
yore: we recounted battles of yore
yonder: yonder a ritual silence
hereabout
herein -> in this document/book (english.mom, remove redundancies,)
hereof -> of this documentbook
hereby -> by this document
hereon/hereupon -> on this/upon this
herewith -> with this
hereunder -> under this
hereat -> at this
hereto -> at this
hereinto -> into this
hereafter -> afte this
hereinafter -> after in this
herefrom -> from this
hereinbelow below in this document
hereinbefore before in this doucment
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