Vocabulary lesson 63
Definitions and samples
- brink (n.) the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body of water
– Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
- chronology (n.) the study of records to establish the dates of past events
– the novel abandons the conventions of normal chronology.
- conscientious (adj.) wishing to do what is right; relating to a person’s conscience
– She has always been a very conscientious worker.
- disperse (v.) to go or move in different directions: to spread apart
– When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse.
- precipitous (adj.) dangerously high or steep
– Over the past 18 months, there has been a precipitous fall in car sales.