cloistered facet rhetorical sully twine

Published Oct 19, 2019 [ English ]

cloistered

clois·tered /ˈklɔɪstəd $ -ərd/ adjective

protected from the difficulties and demands of ordinary life:
- Academics lead a cloistered life.
a cloistered building contains cloisters

fac·et /ˈfæsət, ˈfæsɪt/ noun [countable]

one of several parts of someone’s character, a situation etc SYN aspect
- facet of
  - He has travelled extensively in China, recoding every facet of life.
multi-faceted/many-faceted consisting of many different parts:
- The issues are complex and multi-faceted.
one of the flat sides of a cut jewel.

rhetorical

rhe·tor·i·cal /rɪˈtɒrɪkəl $ -ˈtɔː-, -ˈtɑː-/adjective

rhetorical question a question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer.
using speech or writing in special ways in order to persuade people or to produce an impressive effects:
- a speech full of rhetorical phrases

rhetorically adverb

sully

sul·ly /ˈsʌli/ verb (past tense and past participle sullied, present participle sullying, third person singular sullies) [transitive] formal or literary

to spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect:

a scandal that sullied his reputation

twine

twine2 verb [intransitive and transitive] written

to wind or wrist around something else, or to make something to do this

twine something round/around something

She twined her arms round him and kissed his check.

twine round/around

A dark green ivy plant plant twined around the pole.

Reference

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English