collection3
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- outside the pale
- idiom. unacceptable by social norm
- fleecy
- (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
- sycophancy
- fawning obsequiousness
- wellspring
- the source of water for a well; an abundant source
- rev
- rate of revolution of a motor, increase the number of rotations per minute, revolve (rotate)
- harrowing
- extremely painful
- colt
- a young male horse under the age of four, a kind of revolver
- covenant
- (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
- velleity
- volition in its weakest form, a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain [from medieval Latin velleitas, from Latin velle 'to wish.']
- scuff
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet); # To shuffle or shift (the feet), as in embarrassment.
- impressionable
- easily impressed or influenced, easy to infulence.
- syndicate
- an association of companies for some definite purpose, a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities, a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication, An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
- idolatrous
- blindly or excessively devoted or adoring, relating to or practicing idolatry
- hound
- any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears, pursue or chase relentlessly
- picket
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence, a vehicle performing sentinel duty, a person employed to watch for something to happen, fasten with a picket, serve as pickets or post pickets; ~ing is a form of protest in which people congregate outside a place of work or location where an event is taking place.
- brooding
- persistent morbid meditation on a problem, sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- dole
- money received from the state, a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
- hitherto
- used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
- insolence
- an offensive disrespectful impudent act, the trait of being rude and impertinent
- unrequited
- not returned in kind, not requited; not reciprocated; Ex. ~ love
- lamentation
- a cry of sorrow and grief
- cinder
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
- pediment
- a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof, the triangular space (gable) at the end of a building, formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade
- bereavement
- state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
- haggard
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- crumble
- fall into decay or ruin, break or fall apart into fragments
- innocuous
- unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
- suspiration
- an utterance made by exhaling audibly, deep sigh
- requisition
- seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized, an official form on which a request in made
- viking
- any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries
- barbarous
- primitive in customs and culture
- coronation
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch, The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
- immobilized
- motionless, unable to move
- [dele]coyote
- small wolf native to western North America
- cadet
- a military trainee (as at a military academy)
- consummation
- the act of bringing to completion or fruition, the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
- chevron
- an inverted V-shaped charge, V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service, a badge or patch shaped like a V or an upside down V
- chateau
- an impressive country house (or castle) in France
- dirge
- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- apostrophe
- the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
- punctuality
- the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
- scruple
- an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
- cypress
- wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus, silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black
- metamorphosis
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft, a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- smirk
- a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure
- lanky
- ungracefully tall and thin
- perchance
- by chance
- contumely
- a rude expression intended to offend or hurt, insolence; a scornful insult
- wedge
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space, fix, force, or implant
- quadrant
- a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies, the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
- perk up
- cause to be alert and energetic, gain or regain energy
- paroxysm
- a sudden uncontrollable attack, A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
- ram
- uncastrated adult male sheep, a tool for driving or forcing something by impact, force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically, crowd or pack to capacity
- [dele]hunker
- sit on one's heels
- coeval
- a person of nearly the same age as another, of the same period
- rubbery
- having a texture resembling rubber, difficult to chew
- caldera
- a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
- avuncular
- like an uncle in kindness or indulgence, being or relating to an uncle, of or like an uncle [Latin avunculus 'maternal uncle,' diminutive of avus 'grandfather.']
- carton
- a box made of cardboard
- consternation
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger, Panic. [from Latin consternatio(n-), from the verb consternare 'lay prostrate, terrify' (see consternate ).]
- heebie-jeebies
- pl.n. Slang. A feeling of uneasiness or nervousness; the jitters.
- disunited
- having been divided e.g. ~ eyes
- gangling
- ungracefully tall and thin, tall and thin and having long slender limbs
- venomous
- marked by deep ill will
- stickler
- someone who insists on something
- mystification
- the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
- reproving
- expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective, chastising or correcting
- holler
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal), a small valley between mountains
- amphitheatre
- an oval large stadium with tiers of seats, a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
- gnash
- grind together, of teeth, To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
- rincon
- corner
- epistemology
- the philosophical theory of knowledge
- russet
- a reddish brown homespun fabric, brown with a reddish tinge
- vain
- unproductive of success, characteristic of false pride
- escarpment
- a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
- Lear
- the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
- gorge
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach, a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- slobber
- saliva spilling from the mouth, let saliva drivel from the mouth
- ordain
- issue an order
- clad
- wearing or provided with clothing, having an outer covering especially of thin metal, dressed; wearing
- pernicious
- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way, exceedingly harmful [ from Latin perniciosus 'destructive,' from pernicies 'ruin,' based on nex, nec- 'death.']
- lobo
- wolf
- leon
- lion
- technicality
- a detail that is considered insignificant, Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like., a detail that is meaningful to a speacilist
- spurn
- reject with contempt, have nothing to do reject or refuse
- creosote
- a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar
- corrugated
- shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges, wrinkled; ridged
- quietus
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.[Latin quietus est 'he is quit' (see quit 1 ), originally used as a form of receipt or discharge on payment of a debt.]
- unscrupulous
- without scruples or principles
- impregnable
- impossible to take by storm, able to withstand attack
- Aristotle
- one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers
- specious
- based on pretense, plausible but false [from Latin speciosus 'fair,' from species (see species ).]
- perpetrator
- someone who perpetrates wrongdoing, The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
- mess
- a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
- truss
- (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent), a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss), support structurally
- equanimity
- steadiness of mind under stress
- confide
- reveal in private, confer a trust upon
- inebriate
- a chronic drinker, become drunk or drink excessively
- tiptoe
- walk on one's toes, walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise
- soot
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink, black powder in smoke
- crinkle
- a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface, become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- [dele]commend
- express approval of, mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship, give to in charge
- preserve
- fruit preserved by cooking with sugar, a reservation where animals are protected
- votive
- dedicated in fulfillment of a vow; [from Latin votivus, from votum (see vote ). The original sense was [expressing a desire,] preserved in votive Mass .]
- prostitute
- v. sell one's body: ~ his talents
- bourbon
- whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
- incense
- the pleasing scent produced when ~ is burned, a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned, make furious
- obscenity
- an obscene act, the trait of behaving in an obscene manner, an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- grope
- fondle for sexual pleasure, feel about uncertainly or blindly, search blindly or uncertainly
- avouch
- admit openly and bluntly, Justify
- entablature
- (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof [(formerly also as intablature): from Italian intavolatura 'boarding' (partly via French entablement 'entablement' ), from intavolare 'board up' (based on tavola 'table' ).]
- absently
- in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner
- jostle
- the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing), come into rough contact with while moving, push, brush against
- frieze
- a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap, an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice [2] heavy, coarse woolen cloth with a nap, usually on one side only.
- skitter
- twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water, cause to skip over a surface
- incalculable
- not capable of being calculated
- trireme
- ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side