Vocabulary Words

noun

A room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping.

noun

A position at the side of one's bed.

noun, verb

(usually in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through. (+10 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(plural: beefs) A grudge (+15 more)

noun

A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

noun, verb

A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. (+6 more)

adverb, conjunction, preposition

At a higher or greater position than, in a ranking. (+11 more)

noun, verb

A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire (+18 more)

noun, verb

Beginning (+4 more)

noun

Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started. (+1 more)

adjective, noun, verb

Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing. (+12 more)

noun

interest, benefit

verb

To act in a polite or proper way. (+4 more)

noun

A state of probation about one's conduct. (+5 more)

adverb, noun, preposition

(1800s) The catcher. (+28 more)

conjunction, noun

A living creature. (+8 more)

noun

(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions. (+6 more)

verb

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing) (+4 more)

noun, verb

A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.). (+21 more)

noun, verb

The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise. (+2 more)

noun, verb

The abdomen, especially a fat one. (+12 more)

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