Educational
spate
[speyt]
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring
conviction
[val-i-deyt]
a fixed or firm belief
imagination
[i-ma-juh-nay-shun]
the faculty or action of forming new ideas or images not present to the senses.
innovate
[in-nov-ate]
to do something in an unprecedented way
analytical
[an-l-it-i-kuhl]
skilled in or habitually using analysis
bolide
[boh-lahyd]
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball
lave
[leyv]
to wash; bathe
threnody
[thren-uh-dee]
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song
abrogation
[ab-ruh-gey-shuhn]
the repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement
moisturizer
[moys-cher-ahy-zer]
a substance used to hydrate and soften skin
horrible
[hawr-uh-buhl]
causing horror; extremely unpleasant
baksheesh
[bak-sheesh]
a tip, present, or gratuity
equivocal
[ih-kwiv-uh-kuhl]
allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous
concede
[kuhn-seed]
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit
expected
[ik-spek-tid]
anticipated or regarded as likely to happen
listless
[list-lis]
having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent
famished
[fam-isht]
extremely hungry
cordate
[kawr-deyt]
heart-shaped
warp
[wawrp]
to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, like timbers or flooring
covert
[koh-vert]
concealed or disguised; secret
vouch
[vouch]
to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc.
usurp
[yoo-surp]
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right
imminent
[im-uh-nuhnt]
likely to occur at any moment; impending
futile
[fyoot-l]
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful