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| Encomium |
n glowing and enthusiastic praise; text expressing high praise, panegyric, tribute, eulogy |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:28:27 GMT |
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| Dirge |
n a song of grief or lamentaion, elegy, requiem: We listened to the slow, funereal dirge. |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Diffident |
adj reserved, shy unassuming; lacking in self-confidence: Surprisingly, the CEO of the corporation had been a diffedent youth. |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Diaphanous (dia’ff@n@s) |
adj transparent, gauzy, see through, sheer; insubstantial because extremely faint or slight) |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Desultory (de’sslwa’wree) |
adj random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose, unfocused, haphazard, halfhearted: Her desultory performance impressed no one. |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Desuetude |
(de’sswitoo’d) n disuse: After years of desuetude, my French skills were finally put to use. |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Descry |
v to discriminate or discern, to catch sight of |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Debacle |
n rout, fiasco, disaster, catastrophe, complete failure: My first attempt at a soufflé was a total debacle; a sudden breakup of river ice in the spring thaw, causing a violent rush of water and ice |
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anahitb Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:41:02 GMT |
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| Contumacious (co’ntooma’sh@ss) |
adj insubordinate, rebellious, very resistant to authority, disobeying court of law contumely means insult, scorn, aversion |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Chimera |
n an illusion, fantasy, daydream; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Celerity |
n speed, alacrity; think accelerate, quickness in movement or in doing something |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Cavil |
to find fault without good reason, be picky, complain, quibble, to object for no good reason |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Captious |
adj tending to find fault and make trivial and excessive criticisms, entrapping, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Calumniate |
v to slander (insult, libel, slur), make a false accusation; calumny means slander, aspersion |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Bellicose |
adj belligerent, pugnacious, warlike, aggressive, combative; confrontational |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Augury |
n omen, portent, warning, indication, signal, sign, presage |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Assiduous |
adj diligent, hard-working, sedulous, persevering, industrious |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:51 GMT |
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| Asseverate |
v to aver, allege, assert, state something earnestly |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:50 GMT |
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| Asperity |
n severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony (bitterness, rancor, animosity), irritability |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:50 GMT |
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| Apotheosis (@po’theeo’ssiss) |
n deification, the highest point of glory, power, or importance, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection |
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anahitb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:50 GMT |
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| Apostate (@po’stayt) |
n one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, absconder, traitor, fugitive, runaway |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Apogee |
n farthest or highest point, apex, pinnacle; culmination; zenith |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Anodyne |
adj soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts, painkiller, bland, insipid: harmless, inoffensive, or uncontroversial to the point of being dull |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Anathema |
n a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse, abomination; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Adumbrate |
v to give a vague indication or warning of something to come; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Abjure |
v to formally renounce or reject something; to recant; to avoid, to disown, to deny yourself something |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Wag |
n somebody witty, joker: Groucho Marx was a well-known wag. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Waffle |
v to equivocate, to be indecisive; to change one’s position: His detractors say that the President waffles too much; he can never make up his mind. n rubbish |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Tender |
v to proffer(offer, volunteer) or offer, give, hand in: He tendered his resignation. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Table |
v to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration, to postpone: They tabled the motion and will consider it again later. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Strut |
n the supporting structural cross-part of a wing or a building, support, bar, rod |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Steep |
v to saturate or completely soak, immerse, submerge, as in to let a tea bag steep: She was steeped in esoteric knowledge. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Stand |
n a group of trees, botany a group of several plants, especially trees, growing together in one place |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Singular |
adj exceptional, unusual, extraordinary, outstanding, odd: He was singularly well-suited for the job. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Scurvy |
Contemptible, despicable, behaving in ways thought to be mean or contemptible: He was a scurvy old reprobate (degenerate, rascal). |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Sap |
n an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody’s intelligence and judgment, a fool or nitwit: Don’t be a sap! |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Sap |
v to enervate or weaken the vitality of, to weaken, drain, undermine, deplete, soak away: That race sapped my strength. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Qualify |
v to limit, modify, moderate, restrict, reduce, temper, moderate: Let me qualify that statement. |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Quail |
v to lose courage, turn frightened, shy away, draw back, recoil, tremble, feel fear or apprehension |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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| Rent |
v/n torn (to rend, rent, rent), past of rend: He rent his garments; n an opening or tear caused by such: a large rent in the fabric |
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anahitb Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:19:22 GMT |
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