Vcab…!!

profligate (adj) FORMAL
wasteful with money:

Use : She is well-known for her profligate spending habits.

profligacy noun

Use : The profligacy of the West shocked him.

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sundry (adj)

several different; various:
Use : Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother’s wedding.

sundries noun
various different small items which are considered together, usually because they are not important enough to be considered separately:

Use : There’s an item on the hotel bill for sundries.

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aplomb noun
confidence and style:

Use : Rosalind conducted the meeting with characteristic aplomb/with her usual aplomb.

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astute (adj)
clever and quick to see how to take advantage of a situation:
Use : an astute investor/businesswoman
his astute handling of the situation
an astute observer of human behaviour

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foible noun
a strange habit or characteristic that is seen as harmless and unimportant:

Use : We all have our little foibles.

Synonyms: characteristic, defect, eccentricity, failing, fault, frailty, idiosyncrasy, infirmity, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, shortcoming, singularity, vice, weak point, weakness

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broth noun
a thin soup, often with vegetables or rice in it:

Use : chicken/turkey/beef broth

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fray around/at the edges
to start to become less effective or successful:

Use : Without the unifying forces of the army and the monarchy, it seems, the nation would begin to fray at the edges.

fray (ANNOYED) verb [I]
If your temper frays or your nerves fray, you gradually become upset or annoyed:

USe : Tempers frayed as thousands of motorists began the Christmas holiday with long waits in traffic jams.

frayed adj
The whole experience left me with frayed nerves (= feeling anxious).

fray (CLOTH) verb [I or T]
to become or to cause the threads in cloth or rope to become slightly separated, forming loose threads at the edge or end:

Use : Denim frays so easily.
I’d frayed the edges of my jeans as that was the fashion in those days.

frayed adjective

with the threads at the edge coming loose:
USe : frayed cuffs

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pelvis noun [C]
the bones which form a bowl-shaped structure in the area below the waist at the top of the legs, and to which the leg bones and spine are joined

pelvic adj
the pelvic region/area

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glean verb [T]
to collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty:

Use : From what I was able to glean, the news isn’t good.
They’re leaving on Tuesday – I managed to glean that much (from them).

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fang noun [C]
a long sharp tooth:

Use : The dog growled and bared its fangs.

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cajole verb

to persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises:

Use : He really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
I managed to cajole her out of leaving too early.
The most effective technique is to cajole rather than to threaten.

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sphinx noun [C] plural sphinx or sphinxes

1 an ancient imaginary creature with a lion’s body and a woman’s head

2 the Sphinx a large stone statue with a lion’s body and a person’s head, found in the desert near Cairo in Egypt

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carte blanche noun [S or U]
complete freedom to do something:
[+ to infinitive] Her husband has given her carte blanche to redecorate the living room.

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