Wednesday, July 27, 2011

USEFUL PHRASES: E

eager animosity
early servitude
earnestly espoused
earthly splendor
easy garrulity [garrulity = excessive talkativeness]
eccentric casuists [casuistry = excessively subtle reasoning intended to mislead]
ecclesiastical rule
echoless silence
economic absurdity
ecstatically happy
edifying exhortation
educational enterprise
effective embellishment
effectual stimulus
effeminate grace
effervescent multitude
effete aristocracy
efficacious power

USEFUL PHRASES: D

damaging admission
damask cheek [damask = rich patterned fabric; wavy pattern on Damascus steel]
dampened ardor
dancing sunshine
dangerous temerity
dappled shadows
daring candor
dark superstition
dashing gallantry
dastardly injustice
dauntless courage
dawning instinct
dazed brain
dazzling triumph
deadly virulence
deaf tribunal
deathless structure
debasing tendency
debatable point
debilitating features
decadent poets
deceiving mists
decided superiority
decisive manner
declamatory treatment [declamatory = pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic]
declared brotherhood
decorously adorned

Saturday, July 16, 2011

USEFUL PHRASES: C

cabalistic phrase [cabalistic = secret or hidden meaning]
cadaverous appearance
calamitous course
calculating admiration
callous indifference
calm resignation
calumnious suspicions [calumnious = harmful and often untrue; discredit]
cantankerous enemy
canting hypocrite [canting = monotonous platitudes; hypocritically pious]
capacious mind
capricious allurements
captivating speech
cardinal merit
careless parrying
caressing grasp
carping critic
castellated towers [castellated = with turrets and battlements like a castle]
casual violation
cataclysmic elements
causelessly frightened
caustic remark
cautious skepticism
cavernous gloom
ceaseless vigilance

USEFUL PHRASES: B

babbling gossip
bacchanalian desires
bachelor freedom
bad omen
baffled sagacity [sagacity = farsighted; wise]
balanced capacity
baldly described
baleful glances
balmy fragrance
bandying talk
baneful impression
banished silence
barbarous statecraft
barefaced appeal
barest commonplaces
barren opportunities
base intrigues
baseless assumptions
bashful modesty
basic principles
battered witticism
beaming countenance
bearish rudeness
beatific vision
beautiful modesty
beckoning horizon
becoming diffidence
bedraggled wretch
befitting honor
beggarly flimsiness
beguiling voice
belated acknowledgment
belittling fears
bellicose humanity
beneficent career

USEFUL PHRASES: A

abandoned hope
abated pride
abbreviated visit
abhorred thraldom [thraldom = enslav
abiding romance
abject submission
abjured ambition
able strategist
abnormal talents
abominably perverse
abounding happiness
abridged statement
abrogated law
abrupt transition
absolutely irrevocabl
absorbed reverie
abstemious diet [abstemious = eating and drinking in moderation]
abstract character
abstruse reasoning
absurdly dangerous
abundant opportunity
abusive epithet
abysmally apologetic
academic rigor
accelerated progress
accentuated playfulness
accepted littleness
accessible pleasures
accessory circumstances
accidental lapse
accommodating temper
accomplished ease
accredited agent