The Anklet Vocabulary

The Anklet Vocabulary

By Myesha Gilley

Radiant

​Shining, glowing

He was struck by the radiance of her smile.​

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​envy

to desire to have a quality or possession belonging to someone else​

​Their exotic vacations inpsired envy in their friends.

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​drudgery

hard, menial, or dull work

Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life​

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Toil​

​exhausting physical labor

Her humor and laughter lift spirits haunted by toil.

​jinni

an intelligent spirit able to appear in human and animal forms

​The jinni kept the woman locked in a glass chest.

fancy ​

​a desire or liking for

​If you fancy something, you typically want to have it or do it.

Wheedle

to use flattery to ​persuade someone to do or give something

​She wheedled her husband into buying a lottery ticket.