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| In existence, still existing. Ex: "The only ***** representative of that species" |
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A measure of length (six feet) used in nautical settings.
To penetrate to the depths of something in order to understand it |
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| To seek favor or attention; to act subserviently |
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| Highly emotional; hot. ex: "The partisans displayed a ******* patriotism" |
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A baby bird.
An inexperienced person; inexperienced |
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Flushed with a rosy color, as in complexion.
Very ornate and flowery |
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| Verbose; talkative; rambling |
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| Fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine |
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| Headfirst; impulsive; hasty. Impulsively; hastily, without forethought |
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| One who attacks traditional idea or institutions or one who destroys sacred images |
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| An absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events |
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| In an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized |
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| Not capable of being corrected |
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| Permanent; unerasable; strong |
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| Indescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable |
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1.Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
2.(of a feeling or habit)Long-established and unlikely to change. |
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1.Of or during the day
2.(of animals) active in the daytime |
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| An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior: "the ****** of the weather". |
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| Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. |
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| Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way. |
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1.Defeat heavily in a contest.
2.Rebuke or punish severely. |
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1.Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.
2.(of a person) Become tired, weaker, or less enthusiastic. |
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| The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain: "business ******". |
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1.Remove (a need or difficulty): "the Venetian blinds ***** the need for curtains".
2.Avoid; prevent: "a parachute can ******* disaster". |
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| Owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service: "I don't like to be ***** to anybody". |
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1.Prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time: "vitamins may ****** many diseases of aging".
2.Act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something. |
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| Enthusiastic or passionate (Syn: fervent) |
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1.(of speech or writing) Indirect and circumlocutory. Ex: "the ******* nature of legal syntax"
2.(of a case or tense) Formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as "did go" and "of the people" rather than "went" and "the people's") |
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| Speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently |
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| (of a person) Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. |
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| (of speech or writing) Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy. |
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| Sparing in the use of words; abrupt: "a ***** statement". |
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| Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner. |
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| Enthusiastic approval; a round of applause. |
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1.free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
2.artless; innocent; naive.
3.Obsolete . honorable or noble. |
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| Harmless; having no adverse effect; not likely to provoke strong emotion |
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| lacking excitement or zest; dull |
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1. Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.
2. Lacking contact with other people. |
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| Stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change |
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| Prone to outbursts of temper, easily angered |
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| Present or potential but not evident or active |
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| Praiseworthy; commendable |
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| Giant whale, therefore, something very large |
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| Weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree |
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| To make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable |
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| Harmful, offensive, destructive |
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| Hardened against influence of feeling; intractable |
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| To prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary |
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| Turned to bone; hardened like bone; inflexible |
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| A writing or speech in praise of a person or thing |
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1. Showing a narrow concern for rules or formal book learning
2. making an excessive display of one's own learning |
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| Deliberately treacherous; dishonest |
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| Not easily excited; cool; sluggish |
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| To calm or reduce anger by making concessions |
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| Heavy; massive; awkward; dull |
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| Concerned with facts; practical (as opposed to highly principled or traditional) |
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| Cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face; a dangerous place which one is likely to fall; metaphorically , a very risky circumstance |
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| To fall; to fall downward suddenly and dramatically; to bring about or hasten the occurrence of something |
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| To stray away from or evade the truth |
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| To conciliate; to appease |
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| Cowardly, timid or irreselute; petty |
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| Inactivity; stillness; dormancy |
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| To make or become thin; to purify or refine |
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| The act of censoring, scolding, or rebuking |
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| Having a sharp or powerful intellect |
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| To satisfy full or to excess |
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| Having a gloomy or morose temperament |
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| Diligent; persevering; persistent |
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| Exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild |
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| An angry speech. ex: "His ****** has gone on long enough" |
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| Twisted; excessively complicated |
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| Ability to to be easily managed or controlled ex: "Her mother wished she was more ******" |
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| Beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor (think of slang word: "noob") |
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| Empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence |
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| Great respect or reverence |
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| To annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length |
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| Slow moving; highly resistant to flow |
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1. readily vaporizable at a relatively low temperature
2. flying or having the power to fly
3.lighthearted, lively; easily aroused ; tending to erupt into violence; explosive (a volatile temper)
4.unable to hold the attention fixed because of an inherent lightness or fickleness of disposition; characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change (a volatile market)
5. difficult to capture or hold permanently : evanescent, transitory
Other simpler def: Explosive; fickle |
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| Craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things |
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| To hesitate or to tremble |
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| Extremely pitiful or unfortunate |
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| Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal |
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