noun a small piece of jewelry or other decorative object, usu. inexpensive.On the shelf she’d placed her bracelets, pretty little boxes, glass animals, and other trinkets. See the full entry
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bliss
noun extreme or supreme happiness.She loved her husband, but her marriage was not filled with the bliss she’d expected. See the full entry
abstract
adjective existing as something without material form or substance.Love and beauty are abstract things. noun a summary; synopsis.I didn’t read the whole article but I read the abstract. transitive verb to draw…
Weekly Quiz
With the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center activities, you can study these words, play games with them, and assess your knowledge of their meanings with a quiz. Go to the Vocabulary Center, the words…
emanate
transitive verb & intransitive verb to come or send forth; issue or emit.Light emanated from the room at the top of the stairs.That experience changed him, and he emanates nothing but good…