The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe for ESL students with a podcast and vocabulary practice to learn new vocabulary in real context The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe is now in the public domain available on Gutenberg Project. Podcast of The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Watch this video on YouTube. The…
Baleful 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈbeɪl.fəl/ (adj) Definition showing evil intentions, menacing, threatening, malign, unfriendly, noxious, malicious, pernicious, sinister, malignant, harmful, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive, hostile, antagonistic, injurious, inimical Example Talk about people’s baleful looks, stares, and glances. Or call someone’s eyes, face, or expression baleful. And you can talk about baleful words, such…
Insidious 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 2 Insidious 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 2 /ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs/ (adj) secretly and gradually causing harm, causing harmful effects in a subtle way, sinister, treacherous, deceptive, devious, stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, cunning, crafty, sly, underhand, sneaky, pernicious By the time pancreatic cancer is diagnosed, it’s almost always…
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Podcast of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Watch this video on YouTube. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I…
The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that…
Sinister 1100 Words You Need Sinister 1100 Words You Need /ˈsɪn.ɪ.stəʳ/ (adj) making you feel that something bad or evil might happen, ominous, suggesting evil, menacing, threatening, evil, disturbing, baleful: The ruined house had a sinister appearance. A sinister-looking man sat in the corner of the room. antonym: harmless, benign, innocuous French: sinistre Farsi: شیطانی،…