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isaiahh223gLv4
2 Oct 2021
Vocabulary
melancholy - adj. gloomy, sad, depressed
E.g. Anyone but he would have felt unwilling to linger in this lonely, melancholy place, for the common people had a bad opinion of it.
avarice - n. insatiable greed for riches or wealth
E. g: All her avarice was awakened at the mention of hidden gold, and she urged her husband to comply with the black man's terms, and secure what would make them wealthy for life.
usurer - n. one who lends money, at an unusually or unlawfully high rate of interest; a loan shark
E.g.: The devil proposed that Tom tum usurer, the devil being extremely anxious for the increase of usurers.
propitious - adj. helpful or advantageous; favorable
E.g.: At this propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston.
ostentation - n. A display meant to impress others; boastful showiness
E.g.: Tom built himself a vast house, out of ostentation, but left the greater part of it unfinished and unfurnished, out of parsimony
Complete the following sentence:
It was a day for the kids as they watched the rain drizzle relentlessly on the beach.
A. propitious
B. melancholy
C. avarice
D. usurer
Vocabulary
melancholy - adj. gloomy, sad, depressed
E.g. Anyone but he would have felt unwilling to linger in this lonely, melancholy place, for the common people had a bad opinion of it.
avarice - n. insatiable greed for riches or wealth
E. g: All her avarice was awakened at the mention of hidden gold, and she urged her husband to comply with the black man's terms, and secure what would make them wealthy for life.
usurer - n. one who lends money, at an unusually or unlawfully high rate of interest; a loan shark
E.g.: The devil proposed that Tom tum usurer, the devil being extremely anxious for the increase of usurers.
propitious - adj. helpful or advantageous; favorable
E.g.: At this propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston.
ostentation - n. A display meant to impress others; boastful showiness
E.g.: Tom built himself a vast house, out of ostentation, but left the greater part of it unfinished and unfurnished, out of parsimony
Complete the following sentence:
It was a day for the kids as they watched the rain drizzle relentlessly on the beach.
A. propitious
B. melancholy
C. avarice
D. usurer
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