Educational

foment

[foh-ment]

to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of

annihilate

[uh-nahy-uh-leyt]

to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly

kismet

[kiz-met]

fate; destiny

prosopopoeia

[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh]

personification, as of inanimate things

taut

[tawt]

tightly drawn; tense; not slack

squalid

[skwol-id]

foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy

brumal

[broo-muhl]

wintry

surmount

[ser-mount]

to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over

effluvium

[ih-floo-vee-uhm]

a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious

expound

[ik-spound]

to set forth or state in detail

beseech

[bih-seech]

to implore urgently

complacent

[kuhm-pley-suhnt]

pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied

diluvial

[dih-loo-vee-uhl]

pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge

ignoble

[ig-noh-buhl]

of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base

devise

[dih-vahyz]

to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas

eminent

[em-uh-nuhnt]

high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished

anomaly

[uh-nom-uh-lee]

a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

cultivate

[kuhl-tuh-veyt]

to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till

conducive

[kuhn-doo-siv]

tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable

importunate

[im-pawr-chuh-nit]

urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so

concede

[kuhn-seed]

to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit

emit

[ih-mit]

to give forth or release

postulate

[pos-chuh-leyt]

to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing

predecessor

[pred-uh-ses-er]

something or someone succeeded or replaced by something else