BEECHMONT CREST HOME

VOCABULARY HOME

 

 

 

 

 

THE BEECHMONT CREST POWER VOCABULARY GUIDE

VOCABULARY LIST 2

 

eyeshot noun  range of vision  From the hilltop, the entire city was within eyeshot.

 

emote verb  to show or demonstrate emotion; to give expression to

 

potentate noun  a person of power; a ruler; monarch

 

venturesome adj  1.) showing a tolerance of risk  a venturesome entrepreneur 2.) hazardous; dangerous / Rock-climbing is a venturesome activity.

 

antinomy noun a contradiction between two laws, principles, etc.; a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable

 

toothsome adj  1.) pleasing to the taste / palatable toothsome cuisine 2.) desirable  3.) sexually alluring / a toothsome young lady

 

roisterous adj 1.) engaged in boisterous activity; rowdy; 2.) blustering and unrestrained

 

risible adj. laughable; ludicrous   

 

conspecific adj. belonging to the same species / The domesticated and wild versions of this flower are conspecific.