english practice

1. noun – a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness. 2: An area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
4. verb – to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.
5. adjective – fond of the company of others; sociable.
9. noun – weak or feeble
11. noun – any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one.
12. verb – to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz. 2: to speak in a monotonous tone.
15. verb (used with object) – to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
16. adjective – deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd
17. noun – the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. 2: any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable.
18. adjective – desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. 2: lonely and sad; forsaken.

2. verb – to get; acquire; earn
3. adjective – gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. 2: of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect.
6. verb – to make bold or bolder; hearten; encourage.
7. adjective – departing from the right, normal, or usual course. 2: deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
8. noun – a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
10. adjective – unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
13. noun – a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge. 2: a breach or wide fissure in a wall or other structure. 3: a marked interruption of continuity; gap.
14. (used with object) to isolate or enclose (esp. territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of.
15. verb – to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing. 2: to curdle; coagulate, as a fluid.