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English Vocab by Victorprep

Word Test 9 (Episodes 81-90)

English Vocab by Victorprep

Sam Fold

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🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

81: Belfry, Abeyance. Substantiate, Eschew.

82: Welter, Calumny, Flag, Noisome

83: Tortuous, Surfeit, Anachronism, Leery

84: Abjure, Cartography, Mirth, Divine

85: Maudlin, Deride, Malinger, Gestation

86: Connoisseur, Droll, Inchoate, Refractory

87: Terrestrial, Canard, Warranted, Amulet

88: Spectrum, Rejoinder, Panoply, Verbose

89: Exigency, Variegated, Diffidence, Nascent

90: Inquest, Arrogate, Kudos, Martinet

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello there and it's Monday and what better way to start your Monday than being

0:08.6

tested on 40 words? Well yes it is that time we have done 90 episodes now and thus we have to take a test.

0:18.4

So without further ado I'm going to get started and our first word is belfry.

0:26.0

Belfry. That is the part of a bell tower or steeple in which the bells are housed.

0:32.0

Abbayance. in which the bells are housed. Abeyance, that means a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

0:40.5

So a state of dormancy or a state of remission.

0:45.0

Substantiate.

0:48.0

That means to provide evidence to support or prove the truth of something. So to prove, to show to be true, or to support.

0:59.0

Eshu or Eshoo that means to deliberately avoid using or to abstain from something

1:09.7

it can mean to refrain from to renounce or to steer clear of.

1:16.0

Welter, that means to move in a turbulent fashion. It also means to roll, toss or heave, as in waves of the

1:29.2

sea. It can also mean to become deeply or complexly involved in something or entangled in something

1:37.4

And the noun form of welter so a welter of something means a confused mass, a jumble, or a muddle.

1:47.0

Calumny, that means false or effamatory statements that have usually been made in order to damage to someone's reputation.

1:58.2

So slander. Flag. To Flag means to become tired, weaker, or less enthusiastic.

2:10.0

Noisome, that means having an extremely offensive smell could also mean just generally unpleasant or disagreeable.

2:21.0

Tortuous.

2:23.0

Tortuous. That means full of twists and turns.

2:27.0

It could also mean excessively lengthy or complex.

2:31.0

So you could have a tortuous path, but you also have a tortuous letter or a

2:36.6

tortuous argument.

2:39.3

Surfeit, Surfeit, a Surfeit is an excessive amount of something, so a

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