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Usage

• squalor

  The word squalor describes very dirty and unpleasant conditions that people live or work in, usually due to poverty or neglect.

• sonorous

  A sonorous sound is pleasantly full, strong, and rich.

• torpor

  If your body is affected by torpor, you are severely lacking in energy; therefore, you are idle—and can even be numb.

• ardor

  When you have ardor for something, you have an intense feeling of love, excitement, and admiration for it.

• rancor

  Rancor is a feeling of bitter ill will or intense dislike towards another person.

• precursor

  A first event is a precursor to a second event if the first event is responsible for the development or existence of the second.

• stupor

  Stupor is a state in which someone's mind and senses are dulled; consequently, they are unable to think clearly or act normally.

• unsavory

  If you describe something as unsavory, you mean that it is unpleasant or morally unacceptable.

• candor

  Candor is the quality of being honest and open in speech or action.

• timorous

  To be timorous is to be fearful.

• meritorious

  Someone who is meritorious is worthy of receiving recognition or is praiseworthy because of what they have accomplished.

• rigorous

  A rigorous teacher expects a lot from their students; therefore, they can be strict with rules and demand that their students learn a lot of information.

• sector

  A sector is a part or section of a larger system, such as the economy as part of society.

• vigor

  Someone who possesses vigor has energy, strength, and power.

• languorous

  When someone is languorous, they are very relaxed, sluggish, and lacking in energy.

• favorable

  If something is favorable, such as the weather or an opinion, it is good or agreeable.

• factor

  A factor is one thing that affects something else, such as what the weather is like during a soccer game.

• error

  An error is a mistake someone has made—what they have done is wrong or not correct.

• terror

  If you feel terror, you feel great fear or are very scared of something.

• fervor

  feelings of great warmth and intensity

• glamor

  alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)

• pallor

  unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

• succor

  help in a difficult situation

• horror

  intense and profound fear