12.3 English Vocabulary

in a condescending manner; with an attitude of superiority

• patronizing
• iniquity
• peremptory
• expurgate

melodious; pleasing to the ear

• interminable
• dulcet
• pellucid
• archaic

keen; mentally sharp

• patronizing
• abstemious
• perspicacious
• nonchalant

worldly, sophisticated

• peremptory
• cosmopolitan
• pellucid
• lugubrious

an artist's or designer's workshop

• sophistry
• talisman
• moratorium
• atelier

no longer current or applicable; antiquated

• abstemious
• nonchalant
• perspicacious
• archaic

using or consuming sparingly

• dulcet
• peremptory
• abstemious
• patronizing

an evil or wicked act

• interlocutor
• iniquity
• talisman
• axiom

transparent; clear

• pellucid
• cosmopolitan
• abstemious
• patronizing

to claim for oneself without any right or authority

• desiccate
• arrogate
• truncate
• expurgate