English Vocabulary

Indiscriminate

Acting without careful thought or judgement (e.g. indiscriminate praise, indiscriminate killing of civilians.

Eminent

Famous, distinguished, outstanding (e.g. eminent athlete, eminent talent)

Voracious

Greedy or eager for something (food, knowledge, information, etc., e.g. voracious reader, voracious appetite)

Gourmet

Person who enjoys and is expert in the choice of fine food (e.g. gourmet restaurants)

Aesthete

Person who has (or claims to have) a fine appreciation of art and beauty

Sybarite

Person who is very fond of luxury and comfort (e.g. wealthy sybarites)

Austere

Simple, having no comforts and luxuries (e.g. austere life)

Steeped

Soaked, surrounded or filled with a quality or influence (e.g. tea bag steeped in water, steeped in work, city steeped in history)