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1.Sphere(n.):an area of activity, influence or interest; a particular section of society

EX:Women have often been excluded from positions of power in the public sphere.

2.Gallop(v.):if a horse gallops, it moves very fast with all its feet leaving the ground together

EX:A neighbour's horse came galloping down the road, riderless.

3.Agonize(v.):to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort

EX:All the way home she agonized about what she should do.

4.Distraught(a.):so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly

EX:Relatives are tonight comforting the distraught parents.

5.Consolidate(v.):to make a position of power or success stronger so that it is more likely to continue

EX:The team consolidated their lead with a third goal.

6.Beseech(v.):to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something

EX:He besought the judge to show mercy.

7.Blemish(n.):a small mark, especially a mark on someone's skin or on the surface of an object, that spoils its appearance

EX:The wine glasses were sold at half price because of blemishes in the crystal.

8.Exquisite(a.):extremely beautiful and very delicately made

EX:She bought an exquisite china figurine.

9.Lust(n.):a strong feeling of wanting to have sex;great enthusiasm for something

EX:It was lust to the eyes.

10.Tiller(n.):a long handle at the back of a boat that is used for controlling the direction that the boat moves in

EX:Cain was a tiller of the soil.

11.Thistle(n.):a wild plant with a thick round purple or white flower and leaves with sharp points

EX:Thorn and thistle shall it sprout for you.

12.Firstling(n.):the first agricultural produce or animal offspring of a season

EX:And Abel too hard brought from the choice firstlings.

13.Manever(v.):a movement performed with care and skill

EX:Careful driver will often stop talking before carrying out a complex.

14.Vengeance(n.):the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you

EX:Cain shall suffer sevenfold vengeance.

15.Caulk(v.):to fill the spaces between pieces of wood on a boat or around the edge of a window with a special substance that keeps water out

EX:Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.

16.Dam(v.):to stop a river or stream from flowing by building a dam across it;to control your feelings so that you do not show them

EX:The wellsprings of the deep were dammed.

17.Whinge(v.):to complain in an annoying way

EX:Stop whingeing about the situation and accept.

18.Ebb(v.):if the tide ebbs, the ocean’s level on a coast gradually becomes lower. A more usual word is go out

EX:The water ebbed.

19.Covenant(n.):a formal agreement or promise

EX:I will set up my covenant with you. 

20.Wellspring(n.):the source of a large or continuous supply

EX:All the wellspring of the great deep burst.

21.Perish(v.):to die, usually because of an illness or something that happens suddenly;to stop happening or existing

EX:Everything on the earth shall perish.

22.Quickening(a.):becoming faster

EX:All that had the quickening breathe of life. 

23.Eventide(n.):the end of the day; evening

EX:The dove came back to him at eventide.

24.Bawl(v.):to speak to cry loudly

EX:They could hear a baby bawling somewhere.

25.Utterance(n.):a statement;a word or phrase that someone speaks

EX:A low grumble or indistinct utterance.

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