1. blunder ['blʌndə]
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

2. slaughter

3. Tethered

4. stature

5. virtuous

6. grisly

7. sluttish

8. crest

9. invoke

10. sally





1. grieving (86)
adj. sorrowful through loss or deprivation

2. arduous(75)
adj.characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

3. circumspect(86)
adj. heedful of potential consequences

4. ambush(79)
n. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

5. pernicious(76)
adj. exceedingly harmful

6. rendered(76)
v. to do a service

7. anchorage(76)
n. the condition of being secured to a base

8. vexed(66)
adj. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

9. vigor(76)
n.
active strength of body or mind

10. contriving(86)
v. make or work out a plan for; devise

11. millet (66)
n. any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine


5/5 - good preparation of definitions

17/01/12
recklessness[ 'reklisnis ]
n. the trait of giving little thought to danger

hecatomb['hekətu:m]
n. a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen

grudge[ɡrʌdʒ]
n. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

haughty['hɔ:ti]
adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

perished['periʃt]
adj. feels cold v. to die

heredity[ hi'rediti ]
n. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

lamentation[ ,læmen'teiʃən ]
n. a cry of sorrow and grief

swagger[ 'swæɡə ]
n. an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/swagger

rapacity[ rə'pæsəti ]
n. extreme gluttony

splendid[ 'splendid ]
adj. characterized by grandeur

impeding[ im'pe:diŋ ]
adj. preventing movement



plowland-a large piece of farming equipment with one or several curved blades.
plague- any infectious disease that kills a lot of people.
suppliant- a person who asks for sth in a humble way, especially from god or a powerful person.
multitude- an extremely large number of things or people.
immortal- that lives or lasts for ever.



8/11/11
1.contempt (196)
2.summoned (196)
3. reverence (197)
4. sentry (198)
5. proclamation (208)
6. insolence
7. absolve
8. rave (223)
9. trample
10. rebel

29/11/11
1. covenant
2. righteous
3. recede
4. recline
5. behemoth
6. wrath
7. calamity
8. rebuke
9. aptitude
10. reverence