English C1 Advanced Prep!
venerable
(adjective)
deserving respect because of age, high position, or religious/historical importance
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Jimmy Dean
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All-Star Weekly Newsletter #9 (13/09/26)
Word: venerable - (adj.) deserving respect because of age, high position, or religious/historical importance
Quote: "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." Jimmy Dean
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #8 (06/09/26)
Word: sanctimonious - (adj.) acting as if morally better than others
Quote: "Do not cry because they are past! Smile, because they once were." Ludwig Jacobowski
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #7 (30/08/26)
Word: supercilious - (adj.) behaving as if you are better than others, & that their opinions/beliefs/ideas are not important
Quote: "I’m not here to be perfect; I’m here to be real." Lady Gaga
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #6 (23/08/26)
Word: megalomania - (n.) an unnaturally strong wish for power & control, or the belief that you are very much more important & powerful than you really are
Quote: "The more you are positive and say, ‘I want to have a good life,’ the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want." Chris Pine
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #5 (16/08/26)
Word: usurp - (v.) to take control of a position of power, esp. w/o having the right to
Quote: "Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." Theodore Newton Vail
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #4 (09/08/26)
Word: salient - (adj.) most noticeable/important
Quote: "If you always want more, then you’ll find the most you can have will always be too little." James Clear
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #3 (02/08/26)
Word: preeminent - (adj.) more important/powerful than all others
Quote: "As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears." John Locke
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #2 (26/07/26)
Word: omnipotent - (adj.) having unlimited power & able to do anything
Quote: "Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can." Martha Graham
All-Star Weekly Newsletter #1 (19/07/26)
Word: nonpareil - (adj.) better than any other
Quote: "First, accept sadness. Realise that without losing, winning isn't so great." Alyssa Milano