skulk
(v.) to move secretly, implies sinister
The thief skulked around the neighborhood hoping to find his next target.
They found the boy skulking in the bushes.
The woman attempted to skulk away from cleaning the house by hiring a
cleaning service.
Benevolent(adjective)
Meaning: characterized by or expressing
goodwill or kindly feelings, desiring to help others
Example: There are many organization benevolent for the upliftment of the poor..
Synonyms: Good, kind, humane, generous, liberal, benign
Abrogate (verb)
Meaning: To cancel by authority
Example: The judge would not abrogate the law.
Synonyms: Abolish, Get rid of
Zephyr (noun)
Meaning: A gentle wind
Example: It was a beautiful day, with a zephyr blowing in from the sea.
Synonyms: breeze
Wry (adjective)
Meaning: Mocking
Example: He has a wry sense of humor which sometimes hurts people's feelings.
Synonyms: cynical, sarcastic
Accolade(noun)
Meaning: Approving or praising mention; A sign of approval or respect.
Example: Accolades flowed into her dressing room following the opening-night triumph.
Synonyms: Award, Recognition, Compliment, Honour, Kudos
Allegory(noun)
Meaning: A symbolic description.
Example: The book contained many allegories on Russian history.
Synonyms: Fable, Parable
Perennial(verb)
Meaning: Present at all seasons of the year.
Example: Banana, unlike other seasonal fruits, is perennial throughout the year.
Synonyms: Recurring regularly, Permanent
Lucubrate(verb)
Meaning: To work (such as study, write, discourse) laboriously or learnedly.
Example: If you lucubrate in your studies, success will be all yours.
Synonyms: Burning mid-night oil
Abstruse(adjective)
Meaning: Hard to understand
Example: The concept was too abstruse for the average student to grasp.
Synonyms: Deep, Recondite
Abysmal (adjective)
Meaning: :Having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward
Extremely or hopelessly bad or severe
Example:Your grades are not consistent with your abysmal scores.
Synonyms:Profound, Deep, Extreme, Unfathomable
Elixir(noun)
Meaning: A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
Example: Grandma's soup was an elixir that could cure the sniffles and the blues.
Synonyms: Cure All, Panacea, Nostrum
Veneration(noun)
Meaning: A feeling of awe or great respect.
Example: In some part of the world, saints are often subjected to the kind of veneration that blurs the distinction between the God and the human being.
Synonyms: adoration, idolization, reverence, worship
Abaft(adverb)
Meaning: On or toward the rear of a ship.
Example: The passengers moved abaft of the ship so as to escape the fire in the front of the ship.
Synonyms: Aft, astern
Acarpous(adjective)
Meaning: Not producing fruit; sterile.
Example: If we do not pay attention towards Global Warming, then soon this world turns into an acarpous land.
Synonyms: Not producing fruit; Sterile
