notes in class

1.      protracted (adj.)
-Continuing for a long time, especially longer than is normal or necessary.
-example: It was the beginning of a protracted duel.
 

 
2.      manifestation (n.)
-evidence that something exists or is present; an occasion when a ghost or spirit appear.
-example: A high fever is an early manifestation of the disease.
 

 
3.      aptitude (n.)
-Natural ability that makes it easy for you to do something well.
-example: He has an unfortunate aptitude for saying the wrong thing.
 

 
4.      inexorably (adv.)
-Without remorse, ruthlessly.
-example: The aches and pains begin as the ageing process inexorably sets in.
 

 
5.     priestly (adj.)
-Relating to the life and work of a priest.
-example: To strip of priestly privileges and functions.
 
 

6.      necessitate (v.)
-To make something necessary.
-example: These assumptions necessitate different conclusions.
 
 

7.      synagogue (n.)
-A building used by Jewish people for worship and religious study.
-example: The platform from which services are conducted in a synagogue.
 
 

8.      reproach (v.)
-to blame or criticize someone in a way that shows you are disappointed at what they have done
-example: He publicly reproached his son for his behavior.
 
 

9.      groundwork  (n.)
-work that is done as preparation for other work that will be done later
-example: His speech laid the groundwork for independence.
 

 
10.    dominion (n.)
-control, or the right to rule over something.
-example: Our country's dominion is very vast.
 

 
11.     enmity (n.)
-A feeling of strong dislike or opposition between people.
-example: Enmity will I set between you and the woman.
 
 

12.     pang (n.)
-A very strong, sudden, and unpleasant pain or emotion.
-example: I will terribly sharpen your birth pangs.
 
 

13.      disdainful (adj.)
-showing that you do not respect someone or something, because you think that they are not important or good enough.
-example: Professors who are disdainful of popular entertainment.
 

 
14.      cower (v.)
-to bend low and move back because you are frightened
-example: He cowered against the wall.
 

 
15.      thorn (n.)
-(1) a sharp point that sticks out from the stem of a plant
-(2) a bush or tree with a lot of thorns on it.
-example: Thorn and thistle shall it sprout for you.
 

 
16.      lust (n.)
-a strong feeling of wanting to have sex;great enthusiasm for something.
-example: It was lust to the eyes. 
 

 
17.      herder (n.)  
-Someone who herds and takes care of a group of animals as their job.
-example: Abel became a herder of sheep. 
 
 

18.     tiller (n.)
-A long handle at the back of a boat that is used for controlling the direction that the boat moves in.
C-example: ain was a tiller of the soil.
 
 

19.     thistle (n.)
-A wild plant with a thick round purple or white flower and leaves with sharp points.
-example: Thorn and thistle shall it sprout for you.
 

 
20.     firstling (n.)
-the first agricultural produce or animal offspring of a season.
-example: And Abel too hard brought from the choice firstlings.
 

 
21.     manever (v.)
-a movement performed with care and skill
-example: Careful driver will often stop talking before carrying out a complex.
 
 

22.     whinge (v.) 
-to complain in an annoying way
-example: Stop whingeing about the situation and accept.
 
 

23.     vengeance (n.)
-The act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you.
-example: Cain shall suffer sevenfold vengeance.
 

 
24.     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.
-example: Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar .
 

 
25.     dam (v.) 
-(1) to stop a river or stream from flowing by building a dam across it
-(2) to control your feelings so that you do not show them.
-example: The wellsprings of the deep were dammed.