Educational

inaccurate

[in-akk-ur-at-e]

not correct, precise, or exact; containing errors.

blanch

[blahnch]

to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands

verbose

[ver-bohs]

characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy

puckish

[puhk-ish]

mischievous; impish

nondescript

[non-di-skript]

of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind

somber

[som-ber]

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

insouciant

[in-soo-see-uhnt]

free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant

catalyst

[kat-l-ist]

something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected

freezing

[fr-eez-ing]

extremely cold; the process of changing a liquid to a solid due to low temperature.

officious

[uh-fish-uhs]

objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome

construe

[kuhn-stroo]

to deduce by inference or interpretation; infer

caprice

[kuh-prees]

a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather

futile

[fyoot-l]

incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful

immiscible

[ih-mis-uh-buhl]

not miscible; incapable of being mixed

beleaguer

[bih-lee-ger]

to surround or beset, as with troubles

innocuous

[ih-nok-yoo-uhs]

not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive

grind

[grahynd]

to crush or reduce something into small particles by friction; to work hard

eggcorn

[eg-kawrn]

a word or phrase that is a seemingly logical alteration of another word or phrase that sounds similar and has been misheard or misinterpreted

ascertain

[as-er-teyn]

to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine

contagion

[kuhn-tey-juhn]

the process by which disease is transmitted from one person to another by direct or indirect means.

damaging

[dam-ij-ing]

causing harm or injury

innovate

[in-nov-ate]

to do something in an unprecedented way

auspicious

[aw-spish-uhs]

favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate

derail

[dee-reyl]

to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track