Difficult Words :

Virtuoso and Vindictive





Difficult Words : Virtuoso and Vindictive

Vindictive (vin DIK tiv) adj: seeking revenge

Jeremy apologized for denting the fender of my car, but I was feeling vindictive so I filed a $30 million lawsuit against him.

Samantha's vindictive ex-husband drove all the way across the country just to punch her in the nose.

To feel vindictive is to be filled with vindictiveness.




Virtuoso (VUR choo OH soh) n: a masterful musician, a masterful practitioner in some other filed

The concert audience fell silent when the virtuoso stepped forward to play the sonata on his electric banjo.

As an artist, he was a virtuoso. As a husband, he was a chump.

Virtuoso can also be an adjective. A virtuoso performance is a performance worthy of a virtuoso.


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