SAT 10 Flashcards
Bellicose
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. | warlike; aggressive; ready to fight
Consummate
to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill. | to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm. | to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse. | complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin. | being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery. | to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil | to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse | accomplished or supremely skilled: a consummate artist | (prenominal) (intensifier): a consummate fool |
Elusive
eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define: an elusive concept. | cleverly or skillfully evasive: a fish too elusive to catch. | difficult to catch: an elusive thief | preferring or living in solitude and anonymity | difficult to remember: an elusive thought
Gregarious
fond of the company of others; sociable. | living in flocks or herds, as animals. | Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together. | pertaining to a flock or crowd. | enjoying the company of others | (of animals) living together in herds or flocks Compare solitary (sense 6) | (of plants) growing close together but not in dense clusters | of, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities
Jaundiced
affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice : jaundiced skin. | affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment: a jaundiced viewpoint. | Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis.
Compare physiologic jaundice. | grasserie. | a state of feeling in which views are prejudiced or judgment is distorted, as by envy or resentment. | to distort or prejudice, as by envy or resentment: His social position jaundiced his view of things. | Also called icterus. yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes due to the abnormal presence of bile pigments in the blood, as in hepatitis | a mental state of bitterness, jealousy, and ill humour resulting in distorted judgment | to distort (the judgment, etc) adversely: jealousy had jaundiced his mind | to affect with or as if with jaundice
Nettle
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family. | any of various allied or similar plants. | to irritate, annoy, or provoke. | to sting as a nettle does. | grasp the nettle, Australian. to undertake or tackle an unpleasant task. | any weedy plant of the temperate urticaceous genus Urtica, such as U. dioica (stinging nettle), having serrated leaves with stinging hairs and greenish flowers | any of various other urticaceous plants with stinging hairs or spines | any of various plants that resemble urticaceous nettles, such as the dead-nettle, hemp nettle, and horse nettle | grasp the nettle, to attempt or approach something with boldness and courage | to bother; irritate
Phenomenon
a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature. | something that is impressive or extraordinary. | a remarkable or exceptional person; prodigy; wonder. | Philosophy.
an appearance or immediate object of awareness in experience.
Kantianism. a thing as it appears to and is constructed by the mind, as distinguished from a noumenon, or thing-in-itself. | anything that can be perceived as an occurrence or fact by the senses | any remarkable occurrence or person | (philosophy)
the object of perception, experience, etc
(in the writings of Kant) a thing as it appears and is interpreted in perception and reflection, as distinguished from its real nature as a thing-in-itself Compare noumenon
Recuperate
to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength. | to recover from financial loss. | to restore to health, vigor, etc. | (intransitive) to recover from illness or exhaustion | to recover (losses of money, etc)
Superlative
of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom. | Grammar. of, pertaining to, or noting the highest degree of the comparison of adjectives and adverbs, as smallest, best, and most carefully, the superlative forms of small, good, and carefully.
Compare comparative (def 4), positive (def 20). | being more than is proper or normal; exaggerated in language or style. | a superlative person or thing. | the utmost degree; acme. | Grammar.
the superlative degree.
a form in the superlative. | of outstanding quality, degree, etc; supreme | (grammar) denoting the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses the highest or a very high degree of quality. In English the superlative degree is usually marked by the suffix -est or the word most, as in loudest or most loudly Compare positive (sense 10), comparative (sense 3) | (of language or style) excessive; exaggerated | a thing that excels all others or is of the highest quality
Whet
to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction. | to make keen or eager; stimulate: to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity. | the act of whetting. | something that whets; appetizer or drink. | Chiefly Southern U.S.
a spell of work.
a while: to talk a whet. | to sharpen, as by grinding or friction | to increase or enhance (the appetite, desire, etc); stimulate | the act of whetting | a person or thing that whets |
Belligerent
warlike; given to waging war. | of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone. | waging war; engaged in war: a peace treaty between belligerent powers. | pertaining to war or to those engaged in war: belligerent rights. | a state or nation at war. | a member of the military forces of such a state. | marked by readiness to fight or argue; aggressive: a belligerent tone | relating to or engaged in a legally recognized war or warfare | a person or country engaged in fighting or war |
Contemporary
existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton’s discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz. | of about the same age or date: a Georgian table with a contemporary wig stand. | of the present time; modern: a lecture on the contemporary novel. | a person belonging to the same time or period with another or others. | a person of the same age as another. | belonging to the same age; living or occurring in the same period of time | existing or occurring at the present time | conforming to modern or current ideas in style, fashion, design, etc | having approximately the same age as one another | a person living at the same time or of approximately the same age as another
Emaciated
marked by emaciation. | to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. | demacrado
to become emaciateddemacrarse | abnormally thin | (usually transitive) to become or cause to become abnormally thin
Gritty
consisting of, containing, or resembling grit; sandy. | resolute and courageous; plucky. | courageous; hardy; resolute | of, like, or containing grit
Jaunt
a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure. | to make a short journey. | a short pleasurable excursion; outing | (intransitive) to go on such an excursion
Niggardly
reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. | meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter. | in the manner of a niggard. | stingy or ungenerous | meagre: a niggardly salary | stingily; grudgingly
Philanthropy
altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes. | the activity of donating to such persons or purposes in this way: to devote one’s later years to philanthropy. | a particular act, form, or instance of this activity: The art museum was their favorite philanthropy. | an organization devoted to helping needy persons or to other socially useful purposes. | the practice of performing charitable or benevolent actions | love of mankind in general
Red tape
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken. | obstructive official routine or procedure; time-consuming bureaucracy | Official forms and procedures, especially those that are complex and time-consuming. For example, There’s so much red tape involved in approving our remodeling that we’re tempted to postpone it indefinitely. This expression alludes to the former British custom of tying up official documents with red ribbon.
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Surly
churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter.
Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby. | unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
Synonyms: threatening, malevolent. | dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky.
Synonyms: ominous. | Obsolete. lordly; arrogant. | sullenly ill-tempered or rude | (of an animal) ill-tempered or refractory | dismal | (obsolete) arrogant
Whimsical
given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow. | of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: Her writing showed whimsical notions of human behavior. | erratic; unpredictable: He was too whimsical with regard to his work. | spontaneously fanciful or playful | given to whims; capricious | quaint, unusual, or fantastic
Bemoan
to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one’s fate. | to regard with regret or disapproval. | to grieve over (a loss, etc); mourn; lament (esp in the phrase bemoan one’s fate)
Contrite
caused by or showing sincere remorse. | filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent: a contrite sinner. | full of guilt or regret; remorseful | arising from a sense of shame or guilt: contrite promises | (theol) remorseful for past sin and resolved to avoid future sin
Emancipate
to free from restraint, influence, or the like. | to free (a slave) from bondage. | Roman and Civil Law. to terminate paternal control over. | to free from restriction or restraint, esp social or legal restraint | (often passive) to free from the inhibitions imposed by conventional morality | to liberate (a slave) from bondage
Guffaw
a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter. | to laugh loudly and boisterously. | a crude and boisterous laugh | to laugh crudely and boisterously or express (something) in this way
Jeopardize
to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower. | to risk; hazard: he jeopardized his job by being persistently unpunctual | to put in danger; imperil
Nomadic
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of nomads. | relating to or characteristic of nomads or their way of life
Philistine
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes. | (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia. | (sometimes initial capital letter) lacking in or hostile to culture. | smugly commonplace or conventional. | (initial capital letter) of or belonging to the ancient Philistines. | a person who is unreceptive to or hostile towards culture, the arts, etc; a smug boorish person | a member of the non-Semitic people who inhabited ancient Philistia | (sometimes not capital) boorishly uncultured | of or relating to the ancient Philistines |
Redolent
having a pleasant odor; fragrant. | odorous or smelling (usually followed by of): redolent of garlic. | suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of): verse redolent of Shakespeare. | having a pleasant smell; fragrant | (postpositive; foll by of or with) having the odour or smell (of); scented (with): a room redolent of country flowers | (postpositive; foll by of or with) reminiscent or suggestive (of): a picture redolent of the 18th century
Surreptitious
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. | acting in a stealthy way. | obtained by subreption; subreptitious. | done, acquired, etc, in secret or by improper means | operating by stealth | characterized by fraud or misrepresentation of the truth
Willful
deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder. | unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; self-willed. | intent on having one’s own way; headstrong or obstinate | intentional: wilful murder | the US spelling of wilful
Benevolent
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile. | desiring to help others; charitable: gifts from several benevolent alumni. | intended for benefits rather than profit: a benevolent institution. | intending or showing goodwill; kindly; friendly: a benevolent smile, a benevolent old man | doing good or giving aid to others, rather than making profit; charitable: a benevolent organization
Contrition
sincere penitence or remorse. | Theology. sorrow for and detestation of sin with a true purpose of amendment, arising from a love of God for His own perfections (perfect contrition) or from some inferior motive, as fear of divine punishment (imperfect contrition) | deeply felt remorse; penitence | (Christianity) detestation of past sins and a resolve to make amends, either from love of God (perfect contrition) or from hope of heaven (imperfect contrition)
Embezzle
to appropriate fraudulently to one’s own use, as money or property entrusted to one’s care. | to convert (money or property entrusted to one) fraudulently to one’s own use
Guile
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. | clever or crafty character or behaviour
Jingoistic
the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism. | the belligerent spirit or foreign policy of jingoes; chauvinism
Nonchalance
the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness.
Phlegmatic
not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. | self-possessed, calm, or composed. | of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm. | having a stolid or unemotional disposition | not easily excited
Redress
to dress again. | the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses. | relief from wrong or injury. | compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury. | to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.). | to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.). | to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.). | to adjust evenly again, as a balance. | to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for: to redress a grievance | to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance)
Surreptitiously
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. | acting in a stealthy way. | obtained by subreption; subreptitious. | done, acquired, etc, in secret or by improper means | operating by stealth | characterized by fraud or misrepresentation of the truth
Wily
full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning. | characterized by or proceeding from wiles; sly or crafty
Benign
having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king. | showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile. | favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens. | (of weather) salubrious; healthful; pleasant or beneficial. | Pathology. not malignant; self-limiting. | showing kindliness; genial | (of soil, climate, etc) mild; gentle | favourable; propitious | (pathol) (of a tumour, etc) not threatening to life or health; not malignant |
Contumacious
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. | stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
Embroil
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife. | to throw into confusion; complicate. | to involve (a person, oneself, etc) in trouble, conflict, or argument | to throw (affairs) into a state of confusion or disorder; complicate; entangle
Guileless
free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank. | free from guile; ingenuous
Jocular
given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars. | characterized by joking and good humour | meant lightly or humorously; facetious
Nondescript
of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color. | undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid: The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes. | a person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind. | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; having no outstanding features | a nondescript person or thing
Pillage
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city. | to take as booty. | to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing. | the act of plundering, especially in war. | booty or spoil. | to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war | the act of pillaging | something obtained by pillaging; booty
Redundant
characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style. | being in excess; exceeding what is usual or natural: a redundant part. | having some unusual or extra part or feature. | characterized by superabundance or superfluity: lush, redundant vegetation. | Engineering.
(of a structural member) not necessary for resisting statically determined stresses.
(of a structure) having members designed to resist other than statically determined stresses; hyperstatic.
noting a complete truss having additional members for resisting eccentric loads. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3).
(of a device, circuit, computer system, etc.) having excess or duplicate parts that can continue to perform in the event of malfunction of some of the parts. | Linguistics. characterized by redundancy; predictable. | Computers. containing more bits or characters than are required, as a parity bit inserted for checking purposes. | Chiefly British. removed or laid off from a job. | surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous | verbose or tautological
Susceptible
admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations. | accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery. | capable of being affected emotionally; impressionable. | (postpositive; foll by of or to) yielding readily (to); capable (of): hypotheses susceptible of refutation, susceptible to control | (postpositive) foll by to. liable to be afflicted (by): susceptible to colds | easily impressed emotionally
Wispy
being a wisp or in wisps; wisplike: a wispy plant. | wisplike; delicate, faint, light, etc
Benignity
the quality of being benign; kindness. | Archaic. a good deed or favor; an instance of kindness: benignities born of selfless devotion. | the quality of being benign; favourable attitude | a kind or gracious act
Contusion
an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise. | an injury in which the skin is not broken; bruise
Emerge
to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog. | to rise or come forth from or as if from water or other liquid. | to come up or arise, as a question or difficulty. | to come into existence; develop. | to rise, as from an inferior or unfortunate state or condition. | to come up to the surface of or rise from water or other liquid | to come into view, as from concealment or obscurity: he emerged from the cave | (foll by from) to come out (of) or live (through a difficult experience): he emerged from his ordeal with dignity | to become apparent: several interesting things emerged from the report |
Gullibility
easily deceived or cheated. | easily taken in or tricked
Jollity
jolly or merry mood, condition, or activity; gaiety. | jollities, jolly festivities. | the condition of being jolly
Nonentity
a person or thing of no importance. | something that does not exist or exists only in imagination. | nonexistence. | an insignificant person or thing | a nonexistent thing | the state of not existing; nonexistence
Pinnacle
a lofty peak. | the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame, etc.: the pinnacle of one’s career. | any pointed, towering part or formation, as of rock. | Architecture. a relatively small, upright structure, commonly terminating in a gable, a pyramid, or a cone, rising above the roof or coping of a building, or capping a tower, buttress, or other projecting architectural member. | to place on or as on a pinnacle. | to form a pinnacle on; crown. | the highest point or level, esp of fame, success, etc | a towering peak, as of a mountain | a slender upright structure in the form of a cone, pyramid, or spire on the top of a buttress, gable, or tower | to set on or as if on a pinnacle
Referendum
the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a). | a measure thus referred. | a vote on such a measure. | submission of an issue of public importance to the direct vote of the electorate | a vote on such a measure | a poll of the members of a club, union, or other group to determine their views on some matter | a diplomatic official’s note to his government requesting instructions
Suspect
to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder. | to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives. | to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise: I suspect his knowledge did not amount to much. | to have some hint or foreknowledge of: I think she suspected the surprise. | to believe something, especially something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion. | a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like. | suspected; open to or under suspicion. | (transitive) to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof | (transitive) to think false, questionable, etc: she suspected his sincerity | (transitive; may take a clause as object) to surmise to be the case; think probable: to suspect fraud
Wistful
characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning. | pensive, especially in a melancholy way. | sadly pensive, esp about something yearned for
Bequeath
to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece. | to hand down; pass on. | Obsolete. to commit; entrust. | (law) to dispose of (property, esp personal property) by will Compare devise (sense 2) | to hand down; pass on, as to following generations
Conundrum
a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper. | anything that puzzles. | [=riddle]
acertijo | adivinanza | a riddle, esp one whose answer makes a play on words | a puzzling question or problem
Emulate
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass: to emulate one's father as a concert violinist. | to rival with some degree of success: Some smaller cities now emulate the major capitals in their cultural offerings. | Computers.
to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first.
to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task. | Obsolete, emulous. | to attempt to equal or surpass, esp by imitation | to rival or compete with | to make one computer behave like (another different type of computer) so that the imitating system can operate on the same data and execute the same programs as the imitated systemGullible
easily deceived or cheated. | easily taken in or tricked
Jubilant
showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony. | feeling or expressing great joy
Nostalgia
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days. | something that elicits or displays nostalgia. | a yearning for the return of past circumstances, events, etc | the evocation of this emotion, as in a book, film, etc | longing for home or family; homesickness
Pious
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. | characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious. | practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere: a pious deception. | of or pertaining to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular: pious literature. | having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others. | having or expressing reverence for a god or gods; religious; devout | marked by reverence | marked by false reverence; sanctimonious | sacred; not secular | (archaic) having or expressing devotion for one’s parents or others
Refute
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. | to prove (a person) to be in error. | (transitive) to prove (a statement, theory, charge, etc) of (a person) to be false or incorrect; disprove | to deny (a claim, charge, allegation, etc)
Sybarite
(usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure. | an inhabitant of Sybaris. | (sometimes capital) a devotee of luxury and the sensual vices | luxurious; sensuous | a native or inhabitant of the ancient Greek colony of Sybaris
Zany
ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish. | one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others. | a comically wild or eccentric person. | a secondary stock character in old comedies who mimicked his master. | a professional buffoon; clown. | a silly person; simpleton. | a slavish attendant or follower. | comical in an endearing way; imaginatively funny or comical, esp in behaviour | a clown or buffoon, esp one in old comedies who imitated other performers with ludicrous effect | a ludicrous or foolish person
Berate
to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public. | (transitive) to scold harshly
Conventional
conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior. | pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined: conventional symbols. | ordinary rather than different or original: conventional phraseology. | not using, making, or involving nuclear weapons or energy; nonnuclear: conventional warfare. | Art.
in accordance with an accepted manner, model, or tradition.
(of figurative art) represented in a generalized or simplified manner. | of or pertaining to a convention, agreement, or compact. | Law. resting on consent, express or implied. | of or pertaining to a convention or assembly. | following the accepted customs and proprieties, esp in a way that lacks originality: conventional habits | established by accepted usage or general agreement
Endorse
to approve, support, or sustain: to endorse a political candidate. | to designate oneself as payee of (a check) by signing, usually on the reverse side of the instrument. | to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument). | to make over (a stated amount) to another as payee by one's endorsement. | to write (something) on the back of a document, paper, etc.: to endorse instructions; to endorse one's signature. | to acknowledge (payment) by placing one's signature on a bill, draft, etc. | Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times. | to give approval or sanction to | to sign (one's name) on the back of (a cheque, etc) to specify oneself as payee | (commerce)
to sign the back of (a negotiable document) to transfer ownership of the rights to a specified payee
to specify (a designated sum) as transferable to another as payeeGustatory
of or pertaining to taste or tasting.
Judicious
using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one’s money. | having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgment; wise, sensible, or well-advised: a judicious selection of documents. | having or proceeding from good judgment
Notoriety
the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known: a craze for notoriety. | Chiefly British. a notorious or celebrated person.
Pivotal
of, pertaining to, or serving as a pivot. | of vital or critical importance: a pivotal event. | of, involving, or acting as a pivot | of crucial importance
Regale
to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight. | to entertain with choice food or drink. | to feast. | a sumptuous feast. | a choice article of food or drink. | refreshment. | to give delight or amusement to: he regaled them with stories of his youth | to provide with choice or abundant food or drink | (archaic)
a feast
a delicacy of food or drink |
Sycophant
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. | a person who uses flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toady
Zeal
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. | fervent or enthusiastic devotion, often extreme or fanatical in nature, as to a religious movement, political cause, ideal, or aspiration
Beret
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center. | a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt
Corpulent
large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat. | physically bulky; fat
Endurance
the fact or power of enduring or bearing pain, hardships, etc. | the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance. | lasting quality; duration: His friendships have little endurance. | something endured, as a hardship; trial. | the capacity, state, or an instance of enduring | something endured; a hardship, strain, or privation
Hackneyed
made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry. | Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab. | a trotting horse used for drawing a light carriage or the like. | a horse used for ordinary riding or driving. | (initial capital letter) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait. | let out, employed, or done for hire. | to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use. | to use as a hackney. | (of phrases, fashions, etc) used so often as to be trite, dull, and stereotyped | a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot
Jurisprudence
the science or philosophy of law. | a body or system of laws. | a department of law: medical jurisprudence. | Civil Law. decisions of courts, especially of reviewing tribunals. | the science or philosophy of law | a system or body of law | a branch of law: medical jurisprudence
Novel
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. | (formerly) novella (def 1). | of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea. | Roman Law.
an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials.
Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis. | Civil Law. an amendment to a statute. | an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story | the novel, the literary genre represented by novels | (usually pl) (obsolete) a short story or novella, as one of those in the Decameron of Boccaccio | of a kind not seen before; fresh; new; original: a novel suggestion | (Roman law) a new decree or an amendment to an existing statute See also Novels
Placate
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry. | a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate. | (transitive) to pacify or appease
Relegate
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. | to consign or commit (a matter, task, etc.), as to a person: He relegates the less pleasant tasks to his assistant. | to assign or refer (something) to a particular class or kind. | to send into exile; banish. | to move to a position of less authority, importance, etc; demote | (usually passive) (mainly Brit) to demote (a football team, etc) to a lower division | to assign or refer (a matter) to another or others, as for action or decision | (foll by to) to banish or exile | to assign (something) to a particular group or category |
Taciturn
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. | dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner. | habitually silent, reserved, or uncommunicative; not inclined to conversation
Zealot
a person who shows zeal. | an excessively zealous person; fanatic. | (initial capital letter) a member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent from a.d. 69 to 81, advocating the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisting the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to heathenize the Jews. | an immoderate, fanatical, or extremely zealous adherent to a cause, esp a religious one | any of the members of an extreme Jewish sect or political party that resisted all aspects of Roman rule in Palestine in the 1st century ad
Bestial
of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast : the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac. | without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman: bestial treatment of prisoners. | beastlike in gratifying one’s sensual desires; carnal; debased. | brutal or savage | sexually depraved; carnal | lacking in refinement; brutish | of or relating to a beast
Corrugated
to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges. | to wrinkle, as the skin or face. | Western U.S. to make irrigation ditches in (a field). | to become corrugated; undergo corrugation. | corrugated; wrinkled; furrowed. | (usually transitive) to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges | folded into furrows and ridges; wrinkled
Enduring
lasting; permanent: a poet of enduring greatness. | patient; long-suffering. | to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity. | to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate: I cannot endure your insults any longer. | to admit of; allow; bear: His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading. | to continue to exist; last: These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom. | to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently: Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured. | to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness: His plays have endured for more than three centuries. | permanent; lasting | having forbearance; long-suffering
Hallowed
regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions. | to make holy; sanctify; consecrate. | to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield. | hallo. | set apart as sacred | consecrated or holy | to consecrate or set apart as being holy | to venerate as being holy
Juxtapose
to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. | yuxtaponer | (transitive) to place close together or side by side
Novice
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics. | a person who has been received into a religious order or congregation for a period of probation before taking vows. | a person newly become a church member. | a recent convert to Christianity. | a person who is new to or inexperienced in a certain task, situation, etc; beginner; tyro
(as modifier): novice driver | a probationer in a religious order | a sportsman, esp an oarsman, who has not won a recognized prize, performed to an established level, etc | a racehorse, esp a steeplechaser or hurdler, that has not won a specified number of races
Placebo
Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology.
a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine.
a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation. | Roman Catholic Church. the vespers of the office for the dead: so called from the initial word of the first antiphon, taken from Psalm 114:9 of the Vulgate. | (med) an inactive substance or other sham form of therapy administered to a patient usually to compare its effects with those of a real drug or treatment, but sometimes for the psychological benefit to the patient through his believing he is receiving treatment See also control group, placebo effect | something said or done to please or humour another | (RC Church) a traditional name for the vespers of the office for the dead
Remorse
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction. | Obsolete. pity; compassion. | a sense of deep regret and guilt for some misdeed | compunction; pity; compassion
Tactile
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch. | perceptible to the touch; tangible. | of, relating to, affecting, or having a sense of touch: a tactile organ, tactile stimuli | (rare) capable of being touched; tangible
Zenith
the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. Compare nadir. | a highest point or state; culmination. | (astronomy) the point on the celestial sphere vertically above an observer | the highest point; peak; acme: the zenith of someone’s achievements
