gestures, that it was time for us to go.- Jessica insinuated her way into the conversation by moving her chair closer and closer to
where we were sitting.
To insinuate is to make an insinuation.
MYRIAD (MIR ee ud) n a huge number
- A country sky on a clear night is filled with a myriad of stars.
- There are a myriad of reasons why I don’t like school.
This word can also be used as an adjective.
- Myriad stars are a lot of stars.
- The teenager was weighted down by the myriad anxieties of adolescence.
PREDILECTION (pred uh LEK shun) n a natural preference for something
- The impatient judge had a predilection for well-prepared lawyers who said what they
meant and didn’t waste his time. - Joe’s predilection for saturated fats has added roughly six inches to his waistline in the
past ten years.
PROVISIONAL (pruh VIZH uh nul) adj conditional; temporary; tentative
- Louis had been accepted as a provisional member of the club. He wouldn’t become a
permanent member until the other members had had a chance to see what he was really
like. - The old man’s offer to donate $10,000 to the charity was provisional; he said that he
would give the money only if the charity could manage to raise a matching sum.
RAPTURE (RAP chur) n ecstasy; bliss; unequaled joy
- Nothing could equal the American tourists’ rapture on spotting a popular fast-food
restaurant in Calcutta; they had been terrified that they were going to have to eat
unfamiliar food. - Winning an Oscar sent Dustin into a state of rapture. “I can’t believe this is happening to
me!” he exclaimed.
To be full of rapture is to be rapturous (RAP chur us).
- Omar doesn’t go in for rapturous expressions of affection; a firm handshake and a quick
punch on the shoulder are enough for him.
Rapt is an adjective that refers to being entranced or ecstatic.
- The children listened with rapt attention to the storyteller; they didn’t notice the pony
standing in the hallway behind them.
To be enraptured (en RAP churd) is to be enthralled or in a state of rapture.