Advanced English 1

Mystery and Mayhem Section

Sentience

Ability to feel, think, and perceive (be aware of self, events, and surroundings through senses)

Sagacious

Wise, insightful

Provision

To supply with a store of necessities(verb)

A storage of necessities (noun)

Profuse

Produced in abundance

pretext

Reason of motive offered in order to disguise real intentions

Pestilence

An epidemic disease with a highly mortality rate, and evil influence that is hard to get rid of

Lurid

Vivid and attention grabbing in a shocking, horrible, and/or sensationalized way; shining with an unnatural, red glow

Dissolution

Separation into component parts

Dilapidation

A degraded state, nearly to the point of falling to pieces

Cultivate

To foster growth

Countenance

A person’s face, particularly as its expression conveys an attitude of feeling

Assiduously

Carefully and persistently

Amicable

Friendly, characterized by goodwill particularly when describing a broken difficult relationship

alleviation

Act of reducing something unpleasant or painful; relief

Vitality

State of energy and liveliness