broker
I want to be an insurance broker like my father.
courteous
Our minister is a grave, courteous man in his forties.
miser
Scrooge is the miser in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
officious
I hate him, he is an officious fool.
orphan
His parents were killed in a road accident. So he became an orphan when he was twelve.
conscientious
He is very reliable and conscientious.
funeral
Their son was killed in an accident yesterday, the funeral will be the day after tomorrow.
bereavement
I sympathize with you in your bereavement.
heir
He is going to be rich one day, he is the only heir to the estate.
To come of age
Coming of Age in Samoa is Margaret Mead’s first book.
consequently
Now the book is outmoded, consequently it is no longer assigned to students.
compound
She did not live among the natives, but in a compound with other Westerners.
Vendetta
Vendettas are very important in some parts of Italy.
scholarly
This is more of a vendetta than a scholarly debate.
encounter
The sudden encounter with her former boyfriend upset her.
bewilderment
I can imagine her bewilderment.
oratory
There is nothing wrong with her oratory skills.
auditorium
You need a different technique in a large auditorium.
cadence
The cadence of his voice is just right.
homely
He tunes himself to the homely context of a mass television audience.
constraint
I had to operate under a severe time constraint.
To expose
They tried to expose my weaknesses.
To lament
He lamented for his wife’s death.
