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A forceful or bitter verbal attack

BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED, THE MAN KEPT GOING ON DIATRIBES ABOUT EVERYTHING

Someone who uses flattery to get what they want

Smithers uses sycophancy to earn loads of money from Mr Burns

INTENDING TO CAUSE HARM

The pernicious man killed 12 people in the shooting.

Appearing everywhere

After she first saw it, the poster became ubiquitous

A statement that does not logically follow a conversations flow

Silly sentences is a game about making a conversation full of non sequiturs.

the time at which something is most powerful or successful.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE WAS TAKING OVER, THEY WERE AT THEIR ZENITH POINT.

believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

THE SOCIAL WORKER WAS WORKING TOWARDS AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY

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disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.

AFTER THE FLOOD, THE COMMUNITY SHOWED GENEROUS ALTRUISM TOWARDS EACH OTHER

bitterness or ill feeling.

AFTER THE DEBATE, ACRIMONY DISSOLVED INTO THE LOSING SIDE

shock or excite (someone) into taking action

The red flashing screen and the urgent voice galvanised him into it

having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence.

His vacuous expression didn’t appeal to the photographers.

A noisy disturbance or quarrel.

Two men were knocked out in a huge fracas the other day

Short-sighted

Study’s show that more and more kids each year become myopic due to screen time

Destiny; fate.

No one commented about the car crash; all they said was what were their chances against kismet.

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

The judge apologised to those blamed and made sure to exonerate them publicly before they left.

A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.

We work together to cover up our foibles

Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.

The trauma had a very reticent affect on her

Noun: an increase in a particular opinion among a large section of the population.

The groundswell marched through the city, sure of their decision

Origins: ?

Noun: a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise.

After he came off the ice his knees were covered in dark contusions.

Origins: Latin French And English

Adjective: having or capable of many uses

To open the bottle he used his versatile pocket knife

Origins: Latin and French

Noun: divine status, quality, or nature.

The deity swore to protect their country.

Origins: French, Latin And Greek

Noun: the dead body of an animal.

After the fox left my father went in the pen to get the carcasses

Origins: Anglo-Norman French

Verb: produce and discharge

The sun emits light

Origins: Latin

A person who doesn’t believe in stuff without proof

The cynical person wouldn’t settle for a conjecture.

Origins: ?

Insolent or impertinent behaviour.

The class had the effrontery to laugh at Miss Barry for falling down the hill

Origins: Latin and French

A small object that uses light and colour to make cool patterns

The kaleidoscope was so unique that I could stare into it for hours

Origins: Greek and English

A red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates.

Today in biology we learnt about haemoglobins.

Origins: English

Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.

Misogyny is something most governments want to avoid.

Origins: Greek