Educational
relegate
[rel-i-geyt]
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition
paraselene
[par-uh-si-lee-nee]
Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon
anaphora
[uh-naf-er-uh]
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as "I like it and so do they"
excogitate
[eks-koj-i-teyt]
to think out; devise; invent
abrogate
[ab-ruh-geyt]
to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal
triskaidekaphobia
[tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh]
a fear of the number 13
aberration
[ab-uh-rey-shuhn]
a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome
precarious
[pri-kair-ee-uhs]
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure
elide
[ih-lahyd]
to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over
imbricate
[im-bri-keyt]
overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof
choleric
[kol-er-ik]
extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible
weave
[weev]
to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material
somber
[som-ber]
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
execrable
[ek-si-kruh-buhl ]
utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent
halcyon
[hal-see-uhn]
calm; peaceful; tranquil
comely
[kuhm-lee]
pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair
perambulate
[per-am-byuh-leyt]
to walk through or over; travel through; traverse
spondee
[spon-dee]
in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
fipple
[fip-uhl]
a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows
inveterate
[in-vet-er-it ]
settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like
mendacious
[men-dey-shuhs]
telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; untruthful
infinitesimal
[in-fin-i-tes-uh-muhl]
extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity
prescient
[presh-uhnt]
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight
deprecate
[dep-ri-keyt]
to express earnest disapproval of