UNIVERSITY GOCE DELCEV STIP

FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

Mentor

Candidate

Elena Tuparevska

Martin Nikolovski
Index No. 16 296
Stip, February 2012

Buzzard
Ex: Perhaps that is why we rarely see buzzards eating we're not up early enough.
Dip
Ex: We watched the sun dip below the horizon.
Tumult
Ex: The whole country is in tumult.
Puny
Ex: a puny little guy
Cajoling ; cajole
Ex: We do our best to cajole rich countries into helping.
Beseeching
Ex: I beseech you to think again.
Simpleton
Ex: Go to school, you freewheeling simpleton!
Blundering
Ex: You blundering idiot!
Reticence /;
Ex: I never believed such reticence would last for long.
Escarpment
Ex: From where we stood we could see the escarpment of the African rift valley.

Lull
Ex: The lull before the storm.
Gust
Ex: A sudden gust of wind blew the door shut.
Sprawling
Ex: A vast, sprawling city.
Pedantry
Ex: And it would be mere pedantry to ignore the peculiar claims which Christianity has
upon our notice.
Vertiginous
Ex: Vertiginous view through the hotel's glass frontage up to the 42nd floor.
Corollary
Ex: Is social inequality the inevitable corollary of economic freedom?
Grazing
Ex: Groups of cattle were grazing on the rich grass.
Flagrant
Ex: A flagrant disregard for the law.
Reverberated
Ex: The room reverberated with laughter.
Stumpy /
Ex: Stumpy figure with a round face and a hat like a black halo.

Incantations
Ex: A book of spells and incantations.
Reiteration
Ex: Let me reiterate the most important points.
Muffled ;
Ex: I could hear muffled voices in the next room.
Cacophony
Ex: Cacophony of whistles and screams, rainbow flags and outrageous costumes.
Calamitous
Ex: Calamitous effect on small countries like ours.
Somber ;
Ex: They sat in somber silence.
Shooed
Ex: He shooed the kids, out of the kitchen.
Contemplative
Ex: We are being invited to become much more deeply contemplative.
Evinced
Ex: She evinced no surprise at seeing them together.
Assertion
Ex: She makes very general assertions about marriage in the poem.

Visceral
Ex: Visceral sensation of fear for which reason it also sells well.
Fret
Ex: Shes always fretting about the children.
Elation
Ex: Again the same euphoria, same ecstasy, same elation.
Gridlocked
Ex: This important lesson in life is about the circuitous, scenic, occasionally gridlocked
route to the right destination.
Nuisance
Ex: The dogs next door are a real nuisance.
Sulkily
Ex: Tom sulkily threw his things down when he got home from an interminable day at
work.
Gabble ;
Ex: Just calm down and stop gabbling.
Squirmed
Ex: Christine squirmed uncomfortably in her chair.
Curt
Ex: Upon my return, I sent a rather curt e-mail of complaint to the company involved.
Stolid
Ex: Stolid, dependable people, and have more facial hair than anybody else.

Scuttled ;
Ex: A little lizard scuttled across the path.
Forlorn
Ex: A forlorn figure sitting all by herself.
Kilter ; out of kilter
Ex: Pollution has thrown the Earths chemistry out of kilter.
Brooding
Ex: The brooding silence of the forest.
Wangle ;
Ex: In the end she wangled an invitation.
Niggle
Ex: A niggle of doubt
Revulsion
Ex: Revulsion at the idea of an Arab land being occupied by a non-Arab country.
Skein ;
Ex: Skein of thick bright wool.
Penultimate
Ex: The penultimate chapter.
Morose
Ex: Daniel seems very morose and gloomy.

Hoist
Ex: The crew hurried to hoist the flag.
Remnants ;
Ex: The remnants of a meal stood on the table.
Deity
Ex: The deities of ancient Greece.
Cluttered
Ex: The walls were cluttered with paintings and prints.