Vocab Check

Billow(n)
A large mass of sth

Billow (v)
Fill with air and swell out

Oblique
Indirect

Metaphysical
Abstract, theoretical

Contrive
Create/bring about/arrange an object or something through one's own skill

Tax
Make heavy demands on someone's powers or resources

Grizzly
Grey or grey haired

Sleuth (v)

Investigate like a detective

Assorted (adj)

Miscellaneous

Esoteric
Understood by only the small group with specialised interests

Cadaver
corpse

Strident
loud and harsh; presenting in a controversial manner

Preempt
Forestall or to acquire someshing

Tout
attempt to sell something in a direct and persistent manner

Detract
Diminish the value of an achievement

Heft{v}
Lift or carry something, or to test the weight like that

Heft {n}
Weight or influence

Anchor {n}
A person or thing that provides stability in uncertain situations

Anchor {v}
To secure firmly

Inorganic
Lifeless

diabolical
Devilish; disgraceful or unpleasant

Annals
records of events

Fester
Become septic/rotten/worse

Hold a mirror/Put a mirror in front of
Reveal to world how someone look like

Unwarranted
Not justified

Paper over
Gloss over, explain away ; or hide

Hog
take or use most of it in an unfair or selfish way

Optimal
Best or most favourable

Bog down
become too involved that you cannot think of anything else

Boilerplate
Ready made content, reusable