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1.Beguiling(a.):a beguiling person or thing seems attractive and interesting, but may be dangerous

EX:A beguiling tune and sang the Lion’s song.

2.Refrain(n.):a group of lines in a poem or a song that are repeated regularly; a phrase or an idea that is often repeated

EX:Skipped in time and shouted the refrain.

3.Nimble(a.):able to move quickly and easily; someone who has a nimble mind is intelligent and learns things quickly

EX:Nine nimble dogs followed along.

4.Lame(a.):a lame animal cannot walk very well because its leg or foot is damaged

EX:He is lame in one leg and walks with the help of a crutch.

5.Embellish(v.):to make a story more interesting by adding details, especially ones that are not completely true; to make something more beautiful by decorating it

EX:On it the renowned lame god embellished a dancing ground.

6.Finespun(a.):developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

EX:The men finespun tunics glistening softly with oil.

7.Crest(v.):to reach the top of something such as a hill

EX:Lovely and intricate, and crested with gold.

8.Pliant(a.):soft and changing shape when pressed;willing to be persuaded or controlled

EX:He wrought leg-armor out of pliant tin.

9.Rout(n.):a complete defeat of an opponent in a battle, competition, or election

EX:And turned the battle into a rout in which Achilles killed every Trojan that crossed his path.

10.Implicit(a.):suggested without being directly expressed

EX:His statement is being seen as implicit criticism of the work of research laboratories.

11.Arbitrary(a.):not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair

EX:She married an artist with an arbitrary character.

12.Irreconcilable(a.):if differences or disagreements are irreconcilable, they are so great that it is not possible to settle them

EX:We can never agree our views are irreconcilable.

13.Endorse(v.):to express support for someone or something, especially in public

EX:Although not all readers today would endorse what sound like imperialist values.

14.Wrath(n.):extreme anger

EX:Homer presents us in The Iliad with tragic pattern of the individual will, Achilles’ wrath.

15.Pageant(n.):a play, concert, or other performance based on a historical or religious story;a competition between young women in which judges decide who is the most beautiful

EX:We are all invited to take part in the pageant.

16.P
rudence(n.):the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason

EX:Taylor has too much prudence to gamble.

17.Exquisite(a.):carefully selected

EX:She bought an exquisite china figurine.

18.Conjecture(n.):interpretation of omens

EX:Her conjecture that the election would be a landslide proved to be true.

19.Realm(n.):a primary marine or terrestrial biogeographic division of the earth's surface

EX:New discoveries in the realm of medicine.

20.T
estimony(n.):the tablets inscribed with the Mosaic law

EX:The eyewitness's testimony proved he was guilty.

21.Assiduity(n.):the quality or state of being assiduous

EX:this project has been successful only through the assiduity of a lot of people.

22.Havoc(n.):wide and general destruction 

EX:They had to rebuild their homes after the havoc of the hurricane.

23.Strait(n.):limited in space or time

EX:It is dangerous to cross the straits in such weather.

24.B
asin(n.):a large area of land whose surface water all flows into a particular river or lake

EX:Part of the harbour is a yacht basin.

25.Intellectual(a.):developed or chiefly guided by the intellect rather than by emotion or experience

EX:As the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people.

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