literati

Day 52Level 2

lit-uh-RAH-tee

learned persons

educated and intelligent people

Part of Speech: noun

Example Sentence:

Literati painters drew upon included parables from philosophy and history, classical poems and metaphors from the natural world.

Related Words

painkiller

an-l-JEE-zik

a drug or remedy that relieves pain

gracious

buh-NYN

favorable, gracious

confiscate

kom-uhn-deer

take possession of

interpret

kuhn-STROO

to explain or interpret

normal

kuhn-VEN-shuh-nl

adhering to accepted standards

dejected

dih-SPAHN-duhnt

discouraged, dejected, hopelessness