DELECTABLE adj. 📖 extremely pleasant to taste or smell
📌🎧Delectable smells rose from the kitchen. 🤤 📌 Today the delectable seafood is no longer available in abundance. 📌 Which European country is known for its delectable chocolates and rich banks? 🇨🇭
📌🎧 There was a vast array of colours to choose from. 🎨 📌 The store offers a bewildering array of garden tools. 📌 The food court had an array of delectable dishes from all over the world.
FORMIDABLE adj. 📖very powerful or impressive, and often frightening
📌🎧 The building is grey, formidable. 🏢 📌 A good head and a good heart are always a formidablecombination. 📌 The customer is faced with a formidablearray of products.
ENCOUNTER v. 📖meet someone unexpectedly; experience smth unpleasant
📌🎧I first encountered him when studying at Cambridge🙋♂️ 📌 They were shocked by the hostility they encountered. 📌 If you undertake the project, you will encounter difficulties.
OSTENTATION n. 📖peopleshowing how rich or clever they are, in order to impress other people
📌🎧 Her lifestyle was remarkably free from ostentation. 🤷 📌 Today unnecessary luxury is usually seen as ostentation. 📌 Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
ENVY v./n. 📖the feeling of wanting smth that somebody else has
📌🎧 Colleagues were envious of her success 🙎♀️ 📌 He couldn't conceal his envy of me. 📌 Her luxurious lifestyle and personal ostentation were both hated and envied.
GREED n. 📖a very strong wish for more money, power, etc. than a person needs
📌🎧 He looked at the gold with greedy eyes.🤑 📌 There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need, but not for man's greed. 📌Greed and envy won't get you far in life
VICE n. 📖a moral fault or weakness in a person’s character
📌🎧 The fight against vice on the streets 🦹 📌Though it had some bugs, GTA Vice City was one of the most fun games out there. 📌 Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be vices.
PRUDENCE n. 📖behaviour that is careful and avoids risks
📌🎧 Western businessmen are showing remarkable prudence in investing in the region. 💁♂️ 📌 But what passion was there in a life lived with prudence? 📌 The need for prudence was not what they found most burdensome.
COMMEND v. 📖formalto say positivethings about someone or their good work publicly
📌🎧 The paper was highly commended in the UK Press Awards. 🥇 📌 The reporter did a commendable job under difficult circumstances. 📌 The firm was commended for its financial prudence.
TWINKLE v. 📖to shine repeatedly strongly then weakly; a happy expression in our eyes
📌🎧I saw lights twinkling in the little town below us.🌃 📌 He grinned, his eyes were twinkling. 📌 Ariana looked upat the black sky studded with twinkling stars .
