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- bastion
- n. a well-fortified place; a source of protection
- default
- v. to fail to meet an obligation
- blight
- n. a plant disease; something that impairs growth, progress, or prosperity
- nostrum
- n. a potion given as a medicine of doubtful effectiveness
- yokel
- n. an unsophisticated person from the country
- appraise
- v. to officially estimate the worth of
- prattle
- v. to talk idly or to babble; n. inconsequential talk
- hallowed
- adj. made or set apart as holy
- quaver
- v. to shake; to tremble
- knave
- n. a dishonest, deceitful person, usually male
- smorgasbord
- n. a buffet meal with a variety of dishes; a varied collection
- somber
- adj. dark and gloomy or dull
- disparage
- v. to speak in a disapproving or slighting manner; to belittle
- floe
- n. a large, flat slab of ice formed on water
- tyro
- n. a beginner in learning anything
- flue
- n. part of a chimney through which smoke escapes
- insuperable
- adj. impossible to overcome
- woo
- v. to seek the affection of
- in lieu of
- adv. in place of
- engaging
- adj. attractive; charming
- sentient
- adj. capable of feeling; conscious
- rankle
- v. to cause persistent irritation
- ascertain
- v. to discover with certainty, as through examination
- gourmet
- n. a connoisseur of food and drink
- profane
- adj. abusive disrespect towards what is sacred; nonreligious in subject matter
- porous
- adj. easily crossed or penetrated
- guise
- n. external appearance, esp. a false one
- shuffle
- v. to walk while scraping or sliding the feet
- flair
- n. natural talent; aptitude
- lucubrate
- v. to write in a learned fashion
- disown
- v. to refuse to recognize as one's own; to reject
- vortex
- n. a flow of fluid around an axis, like a whirlpool
- dialect
- n. a variety of language, esp. regional
- epoch
- n. a long period of time, especially marked by important events or change
- cistern
- n. a large receptacle for storing water, oft. underground
- déjà vu
- n. the impression of having seen or experienced something before
- conduit
- n. a channel for conducting fluids; a means by which something is transmitted
- scurrilous
- adj. using indecent or abusive language
- sustenance
- n. the support of life or health
- precocious
- adj. developing earlier than usual, esp. mentally
- spate
- n. a large number or amount of something, esp. in a brief time
- expertise
- n. specialized skill or knowledge
- composed
- adj. calm and self-possessed
- studious
- adj. greatly concerned with learning; studying hard
- malefactor
- n. one who does wrong; a villain
- portend
- v. to serve as a warning of
- blasphemy
- n. an act that shows contempt for God or religious matters
- inoculate
- v. to inject something, esp. a medicine, into in order to create immunity
- karma
- n. destiny; in Hinduism and Buddhism: the total effect of a person's conduct in successive phases of existence, believed to influence individual destiny
- horticulture
- n. the science of gardening and planting
- beatific
- adj. showing joy or saintliness
- den
- n. a shelter or cave, esp. used by wild animals
- blanch
- v. to turn pale
- champion
- v. to support or defend
- laggard
- n. a slow person, loiterer
- converge
- v. to come together
- demean
- v. to disrespect; to lower; to degrade; to ridicule
- gaggle
- n. a flock of geese
- refulgent
- adj. shining radiantly
- sedition
- n. the promotion of rebellion against the government
- sarcophagus
- n. stone coffin or tomb, esp. one exposed to view
- hale
- adj. vigorous and healthy
- gander
- n. an adult male goose
- paltry
- adj. lacking importance or worth; contemptibly small
- cardiac
- adj. relating to the heart
- artisan
- n. a worker trained or skilled in some manual trade
- appreciate
- v. grow in value
- precipitant
- adj. rushing headlong; rash
- fiscal
- adj. relating to finance
- cherub
- n. a kind of angel, usu. portrayed as a child; a person, esp. a child, with an innocent face
- implode
- v. to violently collapse inward
- heckle
- v. to harass (a speaker) with questions or taunts
- allegory
- n. a literary work in which the characters represent abstract ideas; a symbolic representation
- ribald
- adj. coarsely or indecently humorous
- jubilant
- adj. filled with happiness
- luscious
- adj. having a pleasant taste or smell; richly appealing to the senses
- ornery
- adj. mean-spirited and contrary in attitude
- quisling
- n. a traitor, esp. one who serves as the puppet of the enemy
- atrium
- n. a rectangular open area in a building, often with skylight
- wend
- v. to go or proceed
- sordid
- adj. extremely dirty; morally corrupt
- addled
- adj. confused
- pretense
- n. a false or misleading show of something
- translucent
- adj. letting light through, but no visual details
- mock
- adj. pretended; not real
- susceptible
- adj. easily influenced; vulnerable
- divest
- v. to strip, as of clothes; to deprive, as of property or rights
- amass
- v. to accumulate, collect, store up
- syntax
- n. the way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses and sentences
- fawn
- v. to exhibit affection like a dog; to flatter excessively
- immaterial
- adj. not significant or relevant
- onslaught
- n. a severe attack
- pastoral
- adj. relating to country life, esp. of shepherds; rustic
- modulate
- v. to adjust or regulate
- libation
- n. a beverage
- spurn
- v. to push or drive away contemptuously with or as with the foot
- misnomer
- n. a name wrongly applied to a person or object
- noncommittal
- adj. having no point of view; not being able to commit to any point of view
- patrician
- n. a person or refined manners or background; a member of the aristocracy; adj. aristocratic
- adversary
- n. an enemy; opponent