Vocabulary Words
misdemeanor
C2noun
A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. In the USA, misdemeanants usually are incarcerated in county jail for less than one year, but felons usually are incarcerated in state or federal prison for more than one year. Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are sometimes called felonies.
tantalize
C2verb
To bait (someone) by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied (+1 more)
vortex
C2noun
A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet (+5 more)
shoal
C2adjective, noun, verb
(collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together. (+10 more)
scroll
C2noun, verb
(hydraulics) A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow. (+13 more)
leaven
C2noun, verb
Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. (+8 more)
leavening
C2adjective, noun, verb
Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked. (+9 more)
ethos
C2noun
(aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense (+3 more)