grandiose
the grandiose scheme
provident
something unexpected may happen any time and you have to learn to be provident
grumpy
a grumpy man
derogatory
subside
people hope the violence will soon subside
aspiration
hackneyed
a hackneyed subject
"it was a dark and stormy night"is a hackneyed beginning of a story
infuse
devour
the flame soon devoured the entire building
he was devoured by guilty
fraudulent
detract
a little crack detracts from the value of the vase
vagrant
afflict
entail
some foreign travel is entailed in the job
livid
a face livid with shock
opaque
dumbfound
daunt
obsolete
discredit
the police, to their discredit, arrived too late
treatment
abate
abate a tax
abate an action
obsolete
an obsolete word
expedient
devout
succession
our holiday was spoiled by a succession of rainy days
the succession of the seasons
cumulative
the cumulative effects of stress
desiccate
desiccated coconut
amass
amass a fortune for a rainy day
corrugate
corrugated paper
nutrient
prophesy
trundle
trundle along the mountain road
deride
bearing
a girl of noble bearing
what you have said has no bearing on the subject under discussion
inflict
i am sorry to have to inflict myself upon you
hermetic
disservice
gauge
intransigent
postulate
domineer
understate
errant
errant lamb
bemuse
hermetic
hermetic seal
