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- ABSURDITYThat which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
- ACTUARYRegistrar, clerk.
- ACUTELYIn an acute manner
- AGONIZEDAlternative spelling of agonised.
- ALACRITYEagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
- ALIMONYA court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- AMBLERA slow-moving, comfortable horse or mule.
- AMICABLYFriendly; in an amicable manner.
- ANILECharacteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
- ASPIRATEDsimple past and past participle of aspirate
- ASTRONOMICPertaining or relating to astronomy.
- AUTEURA creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.
- AUTHORISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
- AVANTThe front of an army; the vanguard.
- BATONA staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
- BAUDA unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
- BEREFTsimple past and past participle of bereave
- BISTROA small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.
- BLUSHEROne who blushes.
- BOTANICALOf or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
- BUBONICOf or pertaining to buboes.
- BUFFETA counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
- BULLISHHaving a muscular physique, built ‘like a bull’.
- BURSAAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
- BUTANEA hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- CHISELEROne who uses a chisel for carving.
- CHOPINA liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
- CIRCUSESplural of circus
- CLOYINGpresent participle and gerund of cloy
- DEATHLYAppearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.
- DEBASETo lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- DECAYINGpresent participle and gerund of decay
- DECORUMAppropriate social behavior.
- DELUSIONAn adamant belief in a falsehood despite incontestable evidence.
- DEPOTA storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- DESPAIRTo give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- DEVIANTCharacterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
- DICOTA plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.
- DICTA saying; a statement.
- DIRECTIVEThat which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
- DITHERINGpresent participle and gerund of dither
- DOURStern, harsh and forbidding.
- DRIVELNonsense; senseless talk.
- DURABLEAble to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
- DYADICPertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements. having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands) binary
- ECLIPSINGpresent participle and gerund of eclipse
- ECOLOGISTA scholar of ecology.
- EDITORIALOf or relating to an editor, editing or an editorial.
- EFFUSEPoured out freely; profuse.
- EMITSthird-person singular simple present indicative of emit
- EMITTANCEThe quantity of luminous flux emitted per unit area.
- EMITTERThat which emits something.
- ENDURETo continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- ENERGYThe impetus behind all motion and all activity.
- EPISTOLARYOf or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
- EVOKINGpresent participle and gerund of evoke
- EXODUSA sudden departure of a large number of people.
- EXUDINGThe process by which something exudes.
- FACETAny one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- FEIGNTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- FERVENTLYIn a fervent manner.
- FESTA gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
- FLAGRANCEflagrancy; obviousness
- FLETCHEROne who fletches or feathers arrows.
- FLOURISHINGGrowing, thriving, prospering.
- FLOUTERA person who flouts.
- FLUTISTAlternative form of flautist.
- FRAGILEEasily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
- FRUGAL: Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.
- FUGUEA contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- GAMETEA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- GARISHOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
- GAUCHEAwkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
- GAUNTLYIn a gaunt manner.
- GEASA (generally magical) vow, obligation or injunction placed upon someone to do or not do something, which typically brings harm if violated and blessings if obeyed.
- GLAZEROne who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, etc.
- GLISTENTo reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
- GONADSplural of gonad
- GORMLESSLacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
- GOTHICAlternative letter-case form of Gothic.
- GROVELTo be prone on the ground.
- GUAVAA tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
- HANDSOMELYRegarding a person's action: in a handsome or good-looking manner.
- HIATUSA gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- HISTAMINEAn amine, C5H9N3, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion; it is rele
- HOMILYA sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
- IDEATETo apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
- IMPEACHABLEAble to be impeached (of a person).
- INCREDULOUSSkeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.
- INTERMEDIAinterdisciplinary activities between media, such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting and theatre
- INVOKEDsimple past and past participle of invoke
- ISOTOPESplural of isotope
- KETCHA fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
- KITSCHYHaving the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
- KVETCHTo whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
- LANCEDsimple past and past participle of lance
- LAUDGlorification or praise.
- LAVISHINGpresent participle and gerund of lavish
- LEAVENAny agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.