A | B |
accord | 1. Harmony; agreement. 2. To grant or bestow upon. 3. To agree |
carnage | The killing of many people; massacre |
cordial | 1. Hearty; warm; sincere. 2. Stimulating. |
corporal | 1. Characteristics of or resembling the physical body. 2. Having material substance; able to be seen. |
corps | 1. A military organization of officers or of officers and enlistees. 2. An army unit. 3. A group of people having purpose and direction in common. |
corpulent | Excessively bulky; fat. |
corpus | 1. A body or collections of writings. 2. A structure of special character in an animal body. |
décolletage | A low neckline on a garment or a garment with a low neckline. |
endorse | 1. To write one's signature on the back of a check or other document. 2. To sign a contract. 3. To acknowledge receipt of payment. 4. To support actively; to sanction. |
gastric | Pertaining to the stomach. |
incarnate | Embodied in human form. |
ossify | 1. To turn into bone; to become bony. 2. To become rigid. |
supersede | To take the place of; to replace. |
deflect | 1. to turn aside; 2. to swerve or turn aside |
genuflect | to bend the knee in a kneeling or half-kneeling position to express reverence or respect |
inflection | 1. an alteration of pitch or tone of the voice; 2. in grammar, an alteration of the form of a word to show different grammatical or syntactical relationships |
manifest | clearly apparent to sight or understanding; obvious; 2. to show plainly; to reveal; 3. to prove; 4. a list of cargo or passengers |
apprehend | 1. to arrest; 2. to grasp mentally; to understand; 3. to anticipate with anxiety |
duplicity | 1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing; 2. being physically or numerically double or two-fold; doubleness |
explicate | to make clear; to explain thoroughly, often in a literary context |
imply | 1. to indicate indirectly; to hint; 2. to require as a necessary condition |
antipodes | 1. Any two places on opposite sides of the earth. 2. Something that is the exact opposite of or contrary to something else. |
expedient | 1. Appropriate to a purpose or useful in achieving a goal. 2. A means to an end. |
ambulatory | 1. Able to walk about. 2. Pertaining to walking. 3. A place for walking; an arcade; a cloister. |
constituent | 1. Serving as a necessary part of a whole. 2. A voter of a district represented by an elected official. |
interstice | Intervening space; a chunk; a crevice. |
oust | To force out of a position or place. |
recalcitrant | 1. Stubbornly resistant to authority or guidance. 2. Hard to manage. |
restitution | 1. Restoration of a thing to its proper owner or its original state. 2. Repayment or repair fro injury or damage. |
stance | 1. The position of the body and the feet while standing. 2. An emotional or mental attitude. |