Vocabulary Words
sedate
C1adjective, verb
(of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement. (+3 more)
clutch
C1adjective, noun, verb
(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. (+12 more)
dutiful
C1adjective
Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint. (+2 more)
calorie
C1noun
(nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules. (+1 more)
premises
C1noun
(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story. (+12 more)
eclectic
C1adjective, noun
Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. (+3 more)
noun
A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants). (+5 more)