brandish; verb to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner Example Sentence: Protestors showed up on the steps of City Hall, brandishing a petition signed by 500 people demanding that the city not close the public skate...
inveterate; adjective firmly established by long persistence confirmed in a habit : habitual Example Sentence: Since Ernie is an inveterate liar, we naturally didn’t believe him when he told us he’d met the movie star. Did you know? Like “veteran,”...
vicinity; noun the quality or state of being near : proximity a surrounding area or district : neighborhood an approximate amount, extent, or degree Example Sentence: There are several wonderful little stores in the vicinity of our new house. Did you know?...
slake; verb satisfy, quench to cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water : hydrate Example Sentence: “What an unspeakable luxury it was to slake that thirst with the pure and limpid ice-water of the glacier!” (Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad)...
purlieu • \PERL-yoo\ • noun an outlying or adjacent district a frequently visited place : haunt Example Sentence: “The boy, desperately nervous, continued to descend the zig-zag paths that would take him into the very purlieus of his father’s...
symbiosis noun the living together in close association of two dissimilar organisms especially when mutually beneficial a cooperative relationship Example Sentence: A perfect symbiosis was at work between the café’s co-owners, with Stephanie creating the menu and...
