1. Vocabulary for The Landlady

1. swanky
   
   imposingly fashionable and elegant
   When last we saw Don, he was flying solo at a swanky cocktail bar, facing a blonde’s heavily loaded inquiry: “Are you alone?” 
   — Slate (Apr 4, 2013)
   
   
   
2. She caught a cab across town and arrived at the swanky suburbs on the south side of the city.

congenial

suitable to your needs

Professor Brown, who studied the Egyptian judiciary and met with Mr. Mansour on several occasions, described him as pleasant, smiling and congenial, but very reserved. 

— New York Times (Jul 3, 2013)

1. As the evening continued and the wine took hold, conversation relaxed to a more congenial level.
   
2. rapacious
3. excessively greedy and grasping
   His eyes burned with a rapacious though restrained fire. 
   — Lathrop, George Parsons
   
   
4. His rapacious hunger built as his fangs began their descent.
   
5. dither
   be undecided or uncertain
   By the end, narrative twists seem like authorial dithering. 
   — Time (Mar 21, 2012)
   
   
6. Most women would be in a dither trying to get everything just right for their wedding.
   
7. compelling
   driving or forcing
   Mr. Abraham’s distinctive physical style is compelling and exhilarating, mixing ballet, breaking and contemporary dance. 
   — New York Times (Aug 23, 2013)
8. The air felt a little heavier around her as he spoke, compelling her attention to him.
   
9. compulsion
   an urge to do something that might be better left undone
   Other bad traits include a hurried attitude and a mild compulsion to arrange magazines at right angles on my coffee table. 
   — New York Times (Oct 4, 2012)
10. The court represented that, as no compulsion was used, there was nothing illegal in this proceeding.
    
11. dotty
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
    She’ll go dotty if she sees any more snake stunts. 
    — Bennett, Robert Ames
    My grandma is getting dottier as she becomes older
12. dainty
    delicately beautiful
    In drama, seaside hotels are usually inhabited by retired colonels and majors in blazers, and dainty elderly ladies. 
    — The Guardian (May 8, 2013)
13. She has on a dainty lace dress and satin slippers.
    
14. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
    The result is 230 pages of simple recipes based on seasonal produce, accompanied by tantalizing photographs. 
    — New York Times (Nov 14, 2012)
    The story was filled with tantalizing sentences which I havent come across before.
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16. linger
    remain present although waning or gradually dying
    Even after the flood's aftermath was cleared away, the floods may have a lingering effect on the region's water supplies. 
    — Scientific American (Aug 19, 2013)
17. We cannot linger over the details of this plan.
    
18. emanate
    give out, as breath or an odor
    A pleased and satisfied look came over his countenance as the cooking odors emanating from the kitchen became more pronounced. 
    — Hill, Grace Brooks
19. Their language is without some of the phenomena found in narratives which emanate from the north.
    
20. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
    The man before him did not speak, but those glittering eyes—burning, malevolent, ominous—seemed to cry out with surprise, hatred, and threats. 
    — McCulley, Johnston
21. I hope it was just Edith and not some malevolent spirit that scares away all the guests.
    
22. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
    But many nuns are highly educated, well-traveled and sophisticated, not naive and cloistered. 
    — Seattle Times (Aug 15, 2013)
23. When she was young and naive, she had dreamed of such a job.
    
24. gullible
    easily tricked because of being too trusting
    Kids are more impulsive, gullible, and trusting, and don’t focus as much on long-term consequences. 
    — Salon (Sep 16, 2012)
    My sister says that I am really gullible because I fall for everything she says all of the time
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25. beguiling
    misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
    
    
    I just couldnt help it but take one piece  from her beduiling hand
    
    
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