It's cloudy.

Dark. It's raining outside.

But that is not going to stop us from learning more words.

This is episode 26 of the Victor Prep vocab podcast. This is Sam. Let's start with going

over the words from episode 25. Nell.

Nell, that is the sound of a bell, especially when being room for a death or a funeral.

It's also a sound or sign indicative of the death of something or the end of something.

Palatial. Palatial. That is resembling a palace in being magnificent or stately a place that would be fit for a king or monarch.

Lathargic.

Lathargic.

That means drowsy, tired, lacking energy or enthusiasm.

oscillate, oscillate. That means to waver or vary between differing beliefs or opinions. It also means to physically move back and forth, like a pendulum or a seesaw.

Now let's go on to the new words. The first word is Arder, Arder, that's spelled AardorOR or the British spelling, British English is ARDO U R, so Arder.

Now, Arder means great feeling, usually positive feeling.

So great warmth of feeling, passion, eagerness, or enthusiasm.

So if you know someone who really, really, really

supports a certain sports team, they have great passion

for that sports team, they have ardor for that team.

Or if you know someone who's extremely political, so they are deeply conservative or

deeply democratic.

They probably have ardor.

Some synonyms of ardor are passion, fervor, zeal, intensity, fire, emotion.

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