3880245046 | Accoutrements | Ku' Noun(pl) Accessory items of clothing or equipment, a soldiers outfit (but not clothes or weapons), trappings Syn: gear, equipage, appurtenances Couture | ![]() | 0 |
3880245047 | Apogee | AP' Noun The point of an object's orbit farthest from Earth. The farthest or highest point. Syn: apex, pinnacle, summit Ant: pits, bottom, perigee Gee whiz | ![]() | 1 |
3880245048 | Apropos | Po' Adj Appropriate, opportune Adv By the way... Speaking of... S: pertinent, relevant, germane, apposite, immaterial A: irrelevant, inappropriate | ![]() | 2 |
3880245049 | Bicker | Bik' er' Verb To engage in petty dispute, to move/run rapidly, Rush, flicker, quiver S: wrangle, quarrel A: acquiesce, concur, agree | ![]() | 3 |
3880245050 | Coalesce | Les' Verb To blend together, to fuse and form 1 body or substance. S: amalgamate, merge, combine, unite A: scatter, diffuse, separate | ![]() | 4 |
3880245051 | Contretemps | Kon' noun inopportune/embarrassing occurrence, a mishap s: blunder, mischance, faux pas, gaffe Rising temp | ![]() | 5 |
3880265117 | convolution | lu' noun a rolling up, coiling, twisting together, sinuous folding or design. s: twist, turn Convoluted mixture | ![]() | 6 |
3880273254 | cull | kel verb to pick out or select, to gather or collect s: choose, pluck Choose a Cullen | ![]() | 7 |
3880277320 | disparate | dis par' et or dis' par it adj completely distinct or different, entirely dissimilar s: divergent a: similar, homogeneous, uniform Desperate to fit in | ![]() | 8 |
3880285983 | dogmatic | mat' adj certain of the truth or of one's opinions s: opinionated, doctrinaire, authoritarian a: open-minded, disinterested, dispassionate Dog fighting | ![]() | 9 |
3880295761 | licentious | sen' adj morally or sexually unrestrained. ALEC. having no regard for rules, laws, etc. s: dissolute, lascivious a: prudish, modest, restrained Lice | ![]() | 10 |
3880309592 | mete | met verb to allot, distribute in portions s: assign, parcel out Hope wants are met | ![]() | 11 |
3880315949 | noxious | nok' adj harmful to physical health and morals syn: pernicious, noisome, deleterious ant: wholesome, salubrious, beneficial | ![]() | 12 |
3880325121 | polemic | lem' noun an aggressive attack on or refutation of a specific opinion or doctrine s: diatribe, controversy Anemic | ![]() | 13 |
3880332594 | populous | pop' adj full of people, filled to capacity, densely populated s: teeming, swarming\ a: uninhabited, unpeopled, deserted, barren | ![]() | 14 |
3880340006 | probity | pro' noun complete and confirmed honesty, total integrity s: uprightness a: corruption, venality, immorality, iniquity Probably telling the truth | ![]() | 15 |
3880348742 | repartee | te' noun a swift reply, conversation full of swift remarks, skill in making swift convo s: retort, comeback, banter Reporter | ![]() | 16 |
3880358642 | supervene | ven' verb to take place or occur as something additional/unexpected, to follow immediately after s: succeed a: precede, antecede Super-surprised | ![]() | 17 |
3880368473 | truncate | tren' verb to shorten by as if by cutting of, lop s: trim, abbreviate a: lengthen, elongate, extend, protract | ![]() | 18 |
3880375680 | unimpeachable | pe' adj beyond doubt or reproach s: irreproachable, irrefutable, unassailable a: debatable, dubious Without a doubt | ![]() | 19 |
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