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…
odious
adjective provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent.Crime involving the elderly is particularly odious.I can’t stomach his odious opinions.Her stepfather was an odious man who abused both her and her mother….
caprice
noun a sudden, impulsive change of mind or direction, or an unpredictable action.On one of his caprices, he bought himself a yacht, but he’s never gotten around to sailing it. See the…
bulwark
noun a wall or wall-like structure, often made of earth and used for defense; rampart.They constructed a bulwark around the castle. transitive verb to provide protection with or as though with a…
abhor
transitive verb to regard with intense loathing or horror; detest.They abhor the practice of dog fighting and are trying to put a stop to it.He abhorred the work he had to do…