Critical vocabulary- Love’s vocabulary Intangible – guise-increment- supple-gradation

Intangible : adjective Intangible: adjective 1-unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence. "my companions do not care about cyberspace or anything else so intangible" synonyms: untouchable, incorporeal, discarnate, abstract; More 2-noun untouchableincorporealdiscarnateabstract an intangible thing. "intangibles like self-confidence and responsibility"

Increment: noun one of a series of increases:seriesincreases You will receive annual salary/pay increments everySeptember.receiveannualsalarypaySeptember Gradual growth, Syn: addition

Guise : noun an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something. "he visited in the guise of an inspector" synonyms: outward appearance, appearance, form, shape,appearanceformshape image; image

Supple: adjective ADJECTIVE (suppler, supplest) Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible: her supple fingers. Not stiff or hard; easily manipulated: this body oil leaves your skin feeling deliciously supple

Gradation: noun a gradual change, or a stage in the process of change:gradualchangestageprocesschange The gradation in/of tempo in this piece of music is very obvious.tempopiecemusic The paintings show a smooth gradation of colors from deep blue to pale blue.

Critical vocabulary of Duty 1-bereaved 2-afflict 3-succumb 4-delude 5-repulse

1- Bereaved adj. : having suffered the loss of a loved one, grieving. (of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one. Syn.: sorrowing, grieving, mourning. Ex.: The bereaved parents wept openly.parentsweptopenly

2- Afflict If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it. To cause pain, or trouble.problemillnesspersonsuffer Ex.:1- it is an illness that afflicts women more than men.illness a country was afflicted by civil warcountrycivilwar Syn.: trouble, burden, distress, cause suffering to, worry, oppress. troubleburdendistressworryoppress

3- succumb to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat, surrender or fall victim to.losedeterminationoppose acceptdefeat Ex.: 1-I'm afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.afraidtemptationpiececheesecake 2-I felt sure it would only be a matter of time before he succumbed to my charms.feltsuremattertimecharms Syn.: die from/of; fall ill with;

4- delude impose a misleading belief upon (someone); deceive; fool. Ex.: "too many theorists have deluded the public“ synonyms: mislead, deceive, fool, take in, trickmisleaddeceivefooltrick

5- Repulsed Adj.: disgusted I see the repulsed stares turn toward me. Her repulsed answer gave an indication that the food was spoiled.