1. Ruinous: causing or likely to cause damage or destruction. The house has fallen into a ruinous state.
2. Quavered: to produce sound in an unsteady way especially because you are afraid or nervous. Her voice quavered during the presentation.
3. Certitude: the state of being or feeling certain. We believe with certitude that he is one of the best workers.
4. Notch: a narrow passage between mountains. The town is on the other side of the notch.
5. Perspired: to emit matter through the skin. I was nervous and could feel myself start to perspire.
6. Manifested: able to be seen. Their sadness was manifested in their faces.
7. Latrine: an outdoor toilet that is usually a hole dug in the ground. Where's the nearest latrine soldier.
8. Uttered: carried to the utmost point or highest degree. The movie was utter garbage.
9. Parried: to defend yourself by turning or pushing aside (a punch, a weapon, etc.). He parried and then threw a punch.
10. Oracle: a person (such as a priestess) through whom a god was believed to speak. I met her long before she had become the oracle of pop culture.
11. Conscious: awake and able to understand what is happening around you. Is the patient still conscious?
12. Feigning: to pretend to feel or be affected by something. I would never feign illness just to not go to school.
13. Leisurely: without haste. The old hound dog leisurely sauntered over to his water.
14. Conjure: to create or imagine. A magician who conjures lives dogs from silk scarves.
15. Anesthetized: to give drugs to (a patient) so that no pain can be felt. She was anesthetized before the operation.
16. Tyranny: cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others. The refugees were fleeing tyranny.
17. Folly: the lack of good sense or judgment. The folly of such an action should be apparent to everyone.
18. Dreary: causing unhappiness or sad feelings. It was a gray, dreary morning.
19. Grotesque: one that is grotesque. A gallery of grotesque from some sicko horror movie.
20. Reckoning: the act of calculating the amount of something. I was more than $10 off in my reckoning.
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