Vocabulary
condone: accept offensive behavior.
"the college cannot condone any behavior that involves violence"
amenity: a desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.
"the property is situated in a convenient location, close to all local amenities"
cultivated: refined and well educated.
"he was a cultivated young man"
disarming: removing or overcoming suspicion.
"he gave a disarming smile"
droll: curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.
"his unique brand of droll self-mockery"
imperative: extreme importance.
"immediate action was imperative"
quarry: a large deep pit, from which stone or other materials are extracted.
"a limestone quarry"
scruple: a feeling of hesitation with regard to the morality of a action.
"I had no scruples about eavesdropping"
tangible: can by touch.
"the atmosphere of neglect and abandonment was almost tangible"
uncanny: mysterious especially in an unsettling way.
"Anne had an uncanny feeling that she was being watched"
zealous: extremally enthusiastic
"the council was extremely zealous in the application of the regulations"
solicitously: anxious to do something.
"he solicitously cultivated their mothers good opinion"