English Vocabulary
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34 words
bout
C2
/ˈbaʊt/
A short period of an illness or of something unpleasant.
ore
C2
/oɹ/
Rock from which valuable metal or minerals can be extracted.
nigh
C2
/naɪ/
Near in time or space; close at hand.
thyself
C2
/ðaɪˈsɛlf/
the reflexive or emphatic form of thou, meaning yourself; archaic or literary
yon
C2
/jɑn/
that or those over there, at some distance but usually within sight
owt
C2
/aʊt/
Northern English dialect: anything
ourself
C2
/ˌaʊɚˈsɛlf/
the reflexive form used with the royal or editorial we, meaning myself
aforementioned
C2
/əˈfɔɹˌmɛnʃənd/
mentioned earlier in the same text or conversation
whereof
C2
/wɛrˈʌv/
of which or of whom; now chiefly formal or archaic
thereto
C2
/ˌðɛɚˈtuː/
to that or to it, chiefly in formal, legal, or literary language
vis-a-vis
C2
/ˈviːzəvi/
In relation to; compared with.
whereto
C2
/werˈtuː/
to what place or destination; where to
suchlike
C2
/ˈsʌtʃˌlaɪk/
of the same or a similar kind
whereon
C2
/(h)wɛrˈɑn/
on which or on what; now chiefly formal, literary, or archaic
hereon
C2
/hɪrˈɑn/
on this thing, place, or document
wherewith
C2
/wɛrˈwɪð/
with which; using the thing just mentioned
nominative
C2
/ˈnɑː.mə.nə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the grammatical case that typically marks the subject of a finite verb
therefrom
C2
/ðerˈfrʌm/
from the place, thing, or source just mentioned
soever
C2
/soʊˈɛvɚ/
In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
grammarian
C2
/ɡɹəˈmɛɹiən/
a scholar or specialist who studies and describes grammar
fifthly
C2
in the fifth place
syntactic
C2
/sɪnˈtæktɪk/
related to syntax or the rules governing how words and symbols are arranged
proprietorial
C2
Behaving as if one owns something or someone; possessive.
inflect
C2
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
grammar: to change a word's form to express features such as tense, number, case, or gender
thereunto
C2
/ˌðerˈʌn.tuː/
to that person, thing, place, or matter; to it or to that
enow
C2
/ɪˈnaʊ/
archaic or dialect: soon; presently
predication
C2
/ˌprɛdəˈkeɪʃən/
the grammatical or logical act of asserting a property, action, or class membership of a subject
whereat
C2
/wɛɹˈæt/
at which place or thing; at what, in formal or archaic use
thereunder
C2
/ˌðɛɹˈʌndɚ/
under or beneath the thing just mentioned
hereupon
C2
/ˌhɪrəˈpɑːn/
immediately after this; at this point; now chiefly formal or archaic
solecism
C2
/ˈsɑləsɪzəm/
a grammatical error or nonstandard construction in speech or writing
thereinto
C2
/ˌðerɪnˈtuː/
into that place, thing, situation, or matter
optative
C2
/ˈɑptətɪv/
grammar: expressing a wish, hope, or possibility through a verb form or construction
enclitic
C2
/ɪnˈklɪt.ɪk/
a clitic that is phonologically dependent on and attaches to the preceding word