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smoldering (v) - Burning without a flame.
  • The smoldering ashes suddenly burst into flames.
multifaceted (adj) - Having many faces or sides.
  • The diamond was multifaceted.
ballistics (n) - The study of the dynamics of projectiles.
  • The gun was sent to ballistics for testing.
stolid (adj) - Showing little of no emotion.
  • The woman was very stolid when the police arrested her son.
refracted (v) - Deflected from a straight path.
  • The light was refracted off the bathroom mirror.
imperceptibly (adv) - Impossible to detect by ordinary senses.
  • The enemy was advancing imperceptibly.
pulverized (v) - Reduced to a small powder.
  • In his anger, Mr. E. pulverized the rock.
capillary (adj) - Fine; small in diameter.
  • They squeezed through the capillary in the mountain.
melancholy (adj) - Extreme sadness; gloominess.
  • The mood in the hospital was very melancholy when I walked in.
erected (v) - Set up; established.
  • The school erected a new class for college students.
proclivities (n) - Predispositions; tendencies.
  • The proclivities of a boy are to always eat.
odious (adj) - Arousing strong dislike or displeasure
  • Having to clean his room, the boy was very odious.
ravenous (adj) - Extremely hungry; greedy for gratification
  • The boy was so ravenous, he ate twenty bananas.
pratfall (n) - A fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
  • Mr. Ellsworth had a humiliating pratfall. :)
  • If you want to be in a musical comedy, you should learn to take a pratfall.
dictum (n) - An authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
  • Mr. Ellsworth has the right to give dictums during his class.
noncombustible (adj) - Does not burn easily.
  • The house on the corner is noncombustable.
  • I wish everything was noncombustable.
tactile (adj) - Related to the sense of touch.
  • We have tactile surfaces at the top and foot of our steps.
  • She became more tactile, buying herself a velvet skirt because she loved the feeling.
cadenced - Definition
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retaliation - Definition
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receptacle - Definition
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cowardice - Definition
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simultaneously (adj) - Occuring at the same time.
  • Mr. E. can simultaneously pet his dog while doing schoolwork.
verbiage (n) - Excessive use of words.
  • The teacher's verbiage annoyed the kids in the classroom.
manifested (v) - Showed or revealed.
  • The magician manifested his trick to the little boy.
parried (v) - Deflected or avoided.
  • The goalie parried the hockey puck.
indecisive (adj) - Can't make a decision.
  • Diana is indecisive about what movie we should go see
grotesque (adj) - Bizarre; distorted.
  • The movie was awfully grotesque during the violent scenes.
limned (v) - To describe.
  • The painting was limned as beautiful
juggernaut (n) - Overwhelmingly advancing sight crushing all in its path.
  • The tornado was described as a juggernaut as it destroyed all the crops and houses in its trail.
  • The mechanical hound came at Montag, like a juggernaut, focusing only on sticking him with his needle.
  • The cars were whizzing past each other, like juggernauts, ignoring the fact that there was any other type of life on the planet.
cardamon (n) - Italian Herb.
  • The spices in the pasta included cardamon.
  • A bit of cardamon might add some flavor to this bland soup.
pedants (n) - Those who flaunt their knowledge.
  • The group of young pedants looked ridiculous to everyone except themselves.
pyre (n) - A pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse.
  • The pyre went up in flames like a red flower flourishing in the sun.