ACUMEN

• ac‧u‧men [uncountable]
• the ability to think quickly and make
good judgments
• business/political/financial etc
acumen
– The firm's success is largely due to
Brannon's commercial acumen.

 ADULTERATE
• a‧dul‧ter‧ate [transitive]
•
• to make food or drink less pure by
adding another substance of lower
quality to it [↪ unadulterated]
•
• adulteration noun [uncountable]
•
 AMALGAMATE
• a‧mal‧ga‧mate formal
• 1 [intransitive and transitive] if two organizations
amalgamate, or if one amalgamates with
another, they join and make one big
organization [= merge]
• amalgamate something with/into/under
something
– The agency is expected to amalgamate with the
National Rivers Authority.
• 2 to combine two or more things
[transitive]
together to make one thing:
– Stir until the ingredients are amalgamated.
• amalgamate something with/into
something
– The editors will amalgamate all the information
into one article.
 ARCHAIC
• ar‧cha‧ic


• 1 old and no longer used

[= outdated; ≠ modern]:
– archaic words
• 2 old-fashioned and needing to be
replaced:
– Many smaller radio stations broadcast
on archaic equipment.
• 3 from or relating to ancient times:
– archaic civilizations
 AVER
• a‧ver past tense and past participle averred, present
participle averring [transitive]
• formal to say something firmly and
strongly because you are sure that
it is true [= declare]
–
– The lawyer averred her client's
innocence.
– [+ speech] "He's guilty, I tell you, "
she averred.
– [+ that ] She averred that he was
 BOLSTER
• bol‧ster1 also bolster up [transitive]
• 1 to help someone to feel better and
more positive:
– He is making a bold attempt to bolster
the territory's confidence.
• 2 to improve something:
– his efforts to bolster his career
–
• Bolster 2 [countable]
• a long firm pillow, usually shaped like a
tube
 BOMBASTIC
• bom‧bas‧tic
• bombastic language contains long
words that sound important but
have no real meaning:
– He is best known for three rather
bombastic poems.


• bombast noun [uncountable]


 DIATRIBE
• di‧a‧tribe [countable] formal
• a long speech or piece of writing that
criticizes someone or something
very severely
• diatribe against
– a diatribe against contemporary
American civilization

 DISSEMBLE
• dis‧sem‧ble [intransitive and transitive] literary
• to hide your true feelings, thoughts
etc
– He accused the government of
dissembling.
 CAMOUFLAGE
• [U] the use of leaves, branches, paints and clothes for
hiding soldiers or military equipment so that they look
part of what surrounds them
– a camouflage jacket


• [S or U] the way that the colour or shape of an animal or

plant appears to mix with its natural environment to
prevent it from being seen by attackers
– The lizard's light brown skin acts as (a) camouflage in
the desert sand.
• •
• [S or U] something that is meant to hide something, or
behaviour that is intended to hide the truth
– Using smoke as (a) camouflage, the army advanced up
the hill.
– He believed that her kindness was merely a camouflage
for her real intentions.
 ECCENTRIC
• ec‧cen‧tric 1 adj
• 1 behaving in a way that is unusual and
different from most people:
– His eccentric behaviour lost him his job.
– Aunt Nessy was always a bit eccentric.
• 2 technical eccentric circles do not have the
same centre point [↪ concentric]


• eccentrically adverb
• Eccentric 2 [countable]
• someone who behaves in a way that is different
from what is usual or socially accepted:
– I was regarded as something of an eccentric.

 ENDEMIC
• an endemic disease or problem is
always present in a particular
place, or among a particular group
of people [↪ epidemic, pandemic]:
– Violent crime is now endemic in parts
of Chicago.

 EVANESCENT
• ev‧a‧nes‧cent literary
• something that is evanescent does
not last very long
•
 EXACERBATE
• ex‧a‧cer‧bate [transitive]
• to make a bad situation worse:
– The recession has exacerbated this
problem.
– I don't want to exacerbate the
situation.


• exacerbation noun [uncountable]


 FERVENT
• fer‧vent
• believing or feeling something very
strongly and sincerely:
– a fervent appeal for peace
• fervent admirer/believer etc
– a fervent supporter of human rights


• fervently adverb

 FORTUITOUS
• for‧tu‧i‧tous formal
• happening by chance, especially in a
way that has a good result:
– The meeting with Jack was fortuitous.


• fortuitously adverb

 GERMANE
• ger‧mane formal
• an idea, remark etc that is germane
to something is related to it in an
important and suitable way
[= relevant]
• germane to
– an article which is germane to the
subject being discussed

 GRANDILOQUENCE
• gran‧dil‧o‧quent formal
• using words that are too long and
formal in order to sound important
[= pompous]
– Her speech was full of grandiloquent
language, but it contained no new
ideas.
• grandiloquence noun [uncountable]

 HACKNEYED
• hack‧neyed
• a hackneyed phrase is boring and
does not have much meaning
because it has been used so often
– The plot of the film is just a
hackneyed boy-meets-girl scenario.

 HALCYON
• hal‧cy‧on
• halcyon days
• literary a time in the past when you

were very happy

– She recalled the halcyon days of her
youth.
 HEDONISM
• he‧don‧ist [countable]
• someone who believes that pleasure
is the most important thing in life
• hedonism noun [uncountable]
• hedonistic adjective
•
 HEGEMONY
• (especially of countries) the position
of being the strongest and most
powerful and therefore able to
control others
– The three nations competed for
regional hegemony.
• Hegemonic adjective

 ICONOCLAST
• a person who strongly opposes
generally accepted beliefs and
traditions
– Rogers, an iconoclast in architecture,
is sometimes described as putting
the insides of buildings on the
outside.

 IDOLATROUS
• i‧dol‧a‧try [uncountable]
• 1 the practice of worshipping idols
• 2 when you admire someone or
something too much
•
• idolatrous adjective
•
 IMPASSIVE
• im‧pas‧sive
• not showing any emotion:
– Her impassive face showed no
reaction at all.
• impassively adverb:
– The children studied him impassively.
• impassivity noun [uncountable]

 IMPERTURBABLE
• im‧per‧tur‧ba‧ble
• remaining calm and unworried in
spite of problems or difficulties
•
• imperturbably adverb
• imperturbability noun [uncountable]
 IMPLACABLE
• im‧plac‧a‧ble
• very determined to continue opposing
someone or something:
– implacable enemies
– The government faces implacable
opposition on the issue of nuclear
waste.
• implacably adverb:
– He remained implacably opposed to
Stalin's regime.
• implacability noun [uncountable]
 IMPUNITY
• im‧pu‧ni‧ty
• do something with impunity
• if someone does something bad with
impunity, there is no risk that they
will be punished for it:
– It's astonishing that these criminals
are free to walk the streets with
impunity.

 INCHOATE
• in‧cho‧ate formal
• inchoate ideas, plans, attitudes etc
are only just starting to develop
– She had a child's inchoate awareness
of language.
–
–
 = incipient; rudimentary -
 INCIPIENT
• in‧cip‧i‧ent [only before noun] formal
• starting to happen or exist:
– a sign of incipient madness



 RUDIMENTARY
• ru‧di‧men‧ta‧ry
• 1 a rudimentary knowledge or
understanding of a subject is very
simple and basic [≠ sophisticated]:
– Gradually, I acquired a rudimentary
knowledge of music.
– my rudimentary German
• 2 rudimentary equipment, methods,
systems etc are very basic and not
advanced:
– subsistence farming in its most
rudimentary form
 INFELICITOUS
• infelicitous adj formal
• not suitable; not fitting the occasion
– an infelicitous remark
• Infelicity [C usually plural] formal
– His article was full of mistakes and
verbal infelicities (= unsuitable
expressions).


• fe‧li‧ci‧tous formal or literary

• well-chosen and suitable:
– a felicitous choice of candidate

 INSIPID
• in‧sip‧id
• 1 food or drink that is insipid does
not have much taste [= bland]:
– an insipid pasta dish
• 2 not interesting, exciting, or
attractive:
– insipid colours
• insipidly adverb
• insipidness, insipidity noun
[uncountable]
 LOQUACIOUS
• loq‧ua‧cious formal
• a loquacious person likes to talk a lot
[= talkative]
•
• loquacity noun [uncountable]
•
 LUMINOUS
• lu‧mi‧nous
• 1 shining in the dark:
– luminous paint
– Her large dark eyes were almost
luminous.
• 2 very brightly coloured, especially in
green, pink, or yellow [= Day Glo]:
– luminous green socks
• luminously adverb
• luminosity

 MALEVOLENT
• ma‧lev‧o‧lent formal
• a malevolent person wants to harm
other people [= evil; ≠ benevolent]
• malevolent look/stare/smile etc
– He gave her a dark, malevolent look.
• malevolence noun [uncountable]
• malevolently adverb

 MENDACITY
• men‧da‧ci‧ty [uncountable]


• formal the quality of not being truthful

– Politicians are often accused of
mendacity.
 METICULOUS
• very careful and with great attention
to every detail
– Many hours of meticulous preparation
have gone into writing the book.
• Meticulously adv
– The entire project was meticulously
planned.
• Meticulousness noun

 MISANTHROPE
• mis‧an‧thro‧pist also mis‧an‧
thrope [countable]
• formal someone who does not like

other people and prefers to be

alone
•
• misanthropic adjective
• misanthropy noun [uncountable]
 MITIGATE
• mit‧i‧gate [transitive] formal
• to make a situation or the effects of
something less unpleasant, harmful,
or serious [= alleviate]:
– Measures need to be taken to mitigate
the environmental effects of burning
more coal.
–
• mit‧i‧gat‧ing
• mitigating circumstances/factors
• facts about a situation that make a
crime or bad mistake seem less
serious:
 OBDURATE
• ob‧du‧rate formal
• very determined not to change your
beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a
way that seems unreasonable
[= stubborn]:
– They argued, but he remained
obdurate.
• obduracy noun [uncountable]
• obdurately adverb

 OBSEQUIOUS
• ob‧se‧qui‧ous
• very eager to please or agree with
people who are powerful - used in
order to show disapproval [= servile]:
– an obsequious smile
– She is almost embarrassingly
obsequious to anyone in authority


• obsequiously adverb
• obsequiousness noun [uncountable]

 OCCLUDE
• occlusion noun (WEATHER)
• [C] (also occluded front)
• specialized a situation in the weather
when two masses of air meet,
especially when a band of cold air
reaches warm air ahead of it and
pushes it up
•
• (v) to obstruct or block
 OPPROBRIUM
• op‧pro‧bri‧um [uncountable] formal
• strong criticism or disapproval,
especially expressed publicly
– International opprobrium has been
heaped on the country following its
attack on its neighbours.
–
• Opprobrious adjective

 PEDAGOGY
• pedagogy n [U] specialized
• the study of the methods and
activities of teaching
• Pedagogic adjective (also
pedagogical )
• Pedagogically adverb
– The minister's reforms are
pedagogically questionable (= not
based on good teaching theory).

 PEDANTIC
• pe‧dan‧tic
• paying too much attention to rules or
to small unimportant details
• pedantic about
– Some people can be very pedantic
about punctuation.
• pedantically adverb

 PENURY
• pen‧u‧ry [uncountable]


the state of being very poor

• formal

[= poverty]:
– He died in penury in 1644.
–
• penurious adjective

 PERVASIVE
• per‧va‧sive
• existing everywhere:
– the pervasive influence of television
– the all-pervasive mood of apathy


• pervasiveness noun [uncountable]

 PINE
• pine2 [intransitive]
• to become sad and not continue your life as
normal because someone has died or gone
away:
– Six months after he left, she was still pining.
• pine away phrasal verb
• to become less active, weaker and often ill,
especially because you miss someone who has
died or gone away
• pine for somebody/something phrasal verb
• 1 if you pine for a place or for something, you miss
it a lot and wish you could be there or have it
again:
– After two months in France I was pining for home.
• 2 if you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy
 PIRATE
• Pirate [transitive]
• to illegally copy and sell another
person's work such as a book,
video, or computer program:
– pirated video tapes

 PITH
• pith [uncountable]
• 1 a white substance just under the
outside skin of oranges and similar
fruit:
• Peel the oranges with a sharp knife
to remove all pith.
• 2 a soft white substance that fills the
stems of some plants
•
 PITHY
• pith‧y
• if something that is said or written is
pithy, it is intelligent and strongly
stated, without wasting any words:
– Press releases must be short and
pithy.
– a series of pithy quotations


• pithily adverb

 PLACATE
• pla‧cate [transitive] formal
• to make someone stop feeling angry
[= appease]:
– These changes did little to placate the
unions.


• Placatory adjective:
– a placatory smile

 PLATITUDE
• plat‧i‧tude [countable] formal
• a statement that has been made
many times before and is not
interesting or clever
• - used to show disapproval:
– His excuse was the platitude 'boys
will be boys.'


• Platitudinous adjective

 PLUMMET
• plum‧met also plummet down
[intransitive]
1.to suddenly and quickly decrease in
value or amount [= plunge]
2.
• plummet from something to
something
– Profits plummeted from £49 million to
£11 million.
– House prices have plummeted down.
–
2. to fall suddenly and quickly from a


very high place [= plunge]:

 POLEMICAL
• po‧lem‧i‧cal also polemic formal
• using strong arguments to criticize or
defend a particular idea, opinion, or
person:
– The reforms were attacked in a highly
polemical piece in the 'New Yorker'.


• polemically adverb

 PRODIGAL
• prod‧i‧gal 1 [usually before noun] formal
• 1prodigal son/daughter
• someone who leaves their family and
home without the approval of their
family, but who is sorry later and
returns
• 2 spending money, wasting time etc
in a careless way [= extravagant]:
– a prodigal lifestyle

 PROFUSE
• pro‧fuse
• produced or existing in large
quantities:
– He made profuse apologies.
– Profuse sweating is one of the
symptoms of heat exhaustion.
• profusely adverb:
– The wound was bleeding profusely.
• profuseness noun [uncountable]

 PROLIFERATE
• pro‧lif‧e‧rate [intransitive]
• if something proliferates, it increases
quickly and spreads to many
different places:
– Computer courses continue to
proliferate.

 QUERIES
• que‧ry1 plural queries
[countable]
• a question that you ask to get
information, or to check that
something is true or correct
• query about
– Give us a ring if you have any queries
about the contract.
– Staff are always available to answer
your queries.

 QUERULOUS
• quer‧u‧lous formal
• someone who is querulous complains
about things in an annoying way:
– 'But why can't I go?' he said in a
querulous voice.


• querulously adverb

 RANCOROUS
• Rancour noun
• a feeling of hate and continuing
anger about something in the past
– They cheated me, but I feel no
rancour towards / against them.
–
• Rancorous adjective

 RECALCITRANT
• re‧cal‧ci‧trant formal
• refusing to do what you are told to
do, even after you have been
punished [= unruly]:
– a recalcitrant pupil
–
• (of a person) unwilling to obey orders or to
do what should be done, or (of an
animal) refusing to be controlled
• recalcitrance noun [uncountable]
 REPUDIATE
• re‧pu‧di‧ate [transitive] formal
• 1 to refuse to accept or continue with
something [= reject]:
– He repudiated all offers of friendship.
• 2 to state or show that something is not
true or correct:
– The book repudiates the racist
stereotypes about black women.


• repudiation noun [uncountable]


 RESCIND
• re‧scind [transitive]
• to officially end a law, or change a
decision or agreement
– The policy of charging air travellers
for vegetarian meals proved
unpopular and has already been
rescinded.
 REVERENT
• rev‧e‧rent formal
• showing a lot of respect and
admiration [≠ irreverent]:
– a hushed reverent voice


• reverently adverb
 RHETORIC
• rhet‧o‧ric [uncountable]
1. language that is used to persuade or

influence people, especially language

that sounds impressive but is not
actually sincere or useful:
– The speech was dismissed by some
people as merely political rhetoric.
• rhetoric of
– the rhetoric of socialism
2. the art of speaking or writing to


persuade or influence people

 SALUBRIOUS
• sa‧lu‧bri‧ous formal
• a salubrious area or place is pleasant
and clean, especially compared to
other places - often used
humorously:
– the less salubrious area near the
docks

 SOLVENT
• sol‧vent1 [not usually before noun]
• having enough money to pay your
debts [≠ insolvent]


• stay/remain/keep solvent
– I don't know how we managed to
remain solvent.


• solvency noun [uncountable]


 SPECIOUS
• seeming to be true or correct, but
actually false:
– a specious argument

 SPURIOUS
• spu‧ri‧ous
• 1 a spurious statement, argument etc is
not based on facts or good thinking
and is likely to be incorrect:
– He demolished the Opposition's spurious
arguments.
• 2 insincere:
– spurious sympathy
• spuriously adverb
• spuriousness noun [uncountable]

 demolish
• de‧mol‧ish [transitive]
• 1 to completely destroy a building:
– The entire east wing of the building was demolished
in the fire.
• 2 to prove that an idea or opinion is completely
wrong:
– He demolished my argument in minutes.
• 3 to end or ruin something completely:
– These ants can demolish large areas of forest.
• 4 to defeat someone very easily:
– Miami demolished Texas 46 - 3.
• 5 especially British English informal to eat all of
something very quickly:
– He demolished a second helping of pie.

 SUBPOENA
• sub‧poe‧na1 [countable]
• Law a written order to come to a
court of law and be a witness
•
 SUCCINCT
• suc‧cinct
• clearly expressed in a few words -
use this to show approval
[= concise]:
– a succinct explanation
• succinctly adverb:
– Anderson put the same point more
succinctly.
• succinctness noun [uncountable]

 SUPERFLUOUS
• su‧per‧flu‧ous formal
• more than is needed or wanted
[= unnecessary]:
– a modern building with no
superfluous decoration


• superfluously adverb

 SURFEIT
• sur‧feit formal

• a surfeit of something
• an amount of something that is too
large or that is more than you need
[= excess]:
– a surfeit of food and drink

 TENACITY
• te‧na‧cious
1. determined to do something and unwilling

to stop trying even when the situation

becomes difficult:
– a tenacious negotiator
 2. tenacious beliefs, ideas etc continue to
have a lot of influence for a long time:
– a tenacious religious tradition that is still
practised in Shinto temples
–
• tenaciously adverb
• tenacity noun [uncountable]

 TENUOUS
• ten‧u‧ous
• 1 a situation or relationship that is
tenuous is uncertain, weak, or likely
to change:
– For now, the band's travel plans are
tenuous.
• tenuous link/connection etc
– The United Peace Alliance had only a
tenuous connection with the organized
Labour movement.
– The link between her family and the
King's is rather tenuous.
• 2 literary very thin and easily broken
 TIRADE
• ti‧rade [countable]
• a long angry speech criticizing
someone or something


• tirade against
– He launched into a tirade against the
church.
• tirade of
– a tirade of abuse

 TRANSIENT
• tran‧si‧ent1 formal

• 1 continuing only for a short time:

– transient fashions
• 2 working or staying somewhere for
only a short time:
– a transient population
• transience noun [uncountable]
– American English someone who has
no home and moves around from
place to place
 ZEALOUS
• zeal‧ous
• someone who is zealous does or
supports something with great
energy:
– a zealous preacher (นักเทศน์)
– zealous political activists
• be zealous in (doing) something
– No one was more zealous than Neil in
supporting the proposal.
• zealously adverb

 SINUOUS
• sin‧u‧ous
• 1 moving with smooth twists and
turns, like a snake:
– the sinuous grace of a cat
• 2 with many smooth twists and turns:
– They followed the sinuous trail deep
into the mountains.
• sinuously adverb

 TRADUCE
• tra‧duce [transitive]
• formal to deliberately say things that

are untrue or unpleasant

• to strongly criticize someone,
especially in a way that harms their
reputation
•
 deliberately
• deliberately adverb

• intentionally
– I'm sure he says these things
deliberately to annoy me.
• •
• slowly and carefully
– Calmly and deliberately, she poured
petrol over the car and set it alight.

 CAVORT
• ca‧vort [intransitive]

• to jump or dance around in a playful

or sexual way
• cavort about/around
– She cavorted about in the water.
• cavort with
– The photograph shows him cavorting
with two young women.

 ASSIDUOUS
• as‧sid‧u‧ous formal

• very careful to make sure that

something is done properly or
completely [= meticulous]
• assiduous in
– He was assiduous in his attendance at
church.
• assiduously adverb:

– Even young children worked

assiduously for a reward.
• assiduity noun [uncountable]
 ELDRITCH
• eldritch \EL-drich\, adjective:
• Strange; unearthly; weird; eerie.
•
 COGNOSCENTE
• cognoscente \kon-yuh-SHEN-tee; kog-
nuh-; -SEN-\, noun:
• A person with special knowledge of a
subject; a connoisseur.
•
 TCHOTCHKE
• tchotchke \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
• A trinket; a knickknack.
•
 FARRAGO
• farrago \fuh-RAH-go; fuh-RAY-go\,
noun:
• A confused mixture; an assortment; a
medley.
•
• Ivan Illich writes "a farrago of sub-
Marxist cliches, false analogies, non
sequiturs, false or bent facts and
weird prophesies.
 ALACRITY
• alacrity \uh-LACK-ruh-tee\, noun:
• A cheerful or eager readiness or
willingness, often manifested by
brisk, lively action or promptness in
response.
•
 brisk
• brisk
• 1 quick and full of energy:
– a brisk walk
– They set off at a brisk pace.
• 2 quick, practical and showing that you want to get
things done quickly:
– Her tone of voice is brisk.
• 3 trade or business that is brisk is very busy, with a lot
of products being sold:
– The public bar was already doing a brisk trade.
• 4 weather that is brisk is cold and clear


• briskly adverb:
– They walked briskly.
• briskness noun [uncountable]
 LOGORRHEA
• logorrhea \law-guh-REE-uh\, noun:
• 1. Pathologically incoherent,
repetitious speech.
2. Incessant or compulsive
talkativeness; wearisome volubility.
•
• It's also not good if your date has
logorrhea.
 INCESSANT
• in‧ces‧sant [usually before noun]
• continuing without stopping
[= constant]:
– The child's incessant talking started
to irritate her.
• incessant rain
• —incessantly adverb: They
quarreled incessantly.

 WEARISOME
• wear‧i‧some formal
• making you feel bored, tired, or
annoyed:
– a wearisome task

 LUCUBRATION
• lucubration \loo-kyoo-BRAY-shun; loo-
kuh-\, noun:
• 1. The act of studying by candlelight;
nocturnal study; meditation.
2. That which is composed by
night; that which is produced by
meditation in retirement; hence
(loosely) any literary composition.
•
 CRAPULOUS
• crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:
• 1. Given to or characterized by gross
excess in drinking or eating.
2. Suffering from or due to such
excess.
•
• The new money was spent in so much
riotous living, and from end to end
there settled on the country a mood
of fretful, crapulous irritation.
-- Stephen McKenna, Sonia
 riotous
• ri‧ot‧ous [usually before noun] formal
• 1 noisy, exciting, and enjoyable in an
uncontrolled way [= wild]: a riotous
party
• 2 noisy or violent, especially in a
public place:
– Their riotous behaviour led to their
arrest.
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• riotously adverb
 fretful
• fret‧ful
• anxious and complaining, and unable
to relax: The child was tired and
fretful.
• fretfully adverb

• fretfulness noun [uncountable]

•
 IMPERATIVE
• im‧per‧a‧tive (adj)
• 1 extremely important and needing to
be done or dealt with immediately:
– It is imperative that politicians should be
good communicators.


• it is imperative (for somebody) to

do something
– It is imperative to meet face to face with
the client.
• 2 technical an imperative verb is one that
expresses an order, such as 'stand up'

 IMPERATIVE
• imperative2 [countable]
• 1 something that must be done urgently: A
broad and balanced education is an
imperative for raising standards.
• 2 formal an idea or belief that has a strong
influence on people, making them behave
in a particular way:
– Sharing food is the most important moral
imperative in Semai society.
• 3 the form of a verb that expresses
technical
an order. For example, in the order 'come
here', 'come' is in the imperative
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 Convivial
• Convivial adjective:
• 1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and
good company; sociable.
2. Merry; festive.
•
• He hated to drink to excess, disliked
convivial entertaining and had no
gift for bonhomie.
 titivate
• titivate \TIT-uh-vayt\, transitive and
intransitive verb:
• 1. To make decorative additions to;
spruce.
• intransitive verb:
1. To make oneself smart or spruce.
•
 FOOFARAW
• foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:
• 1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation
or decoration.
2. A fuss over a matter of little
importance.
•
 burgeon
• burgeon \BUR-juhn\, intransitive verb:
1.To grow or develop quickly; flourish.
– the burgeoning market for digital
cameras
2.To begin to grow or blossom.
• transitive verb:
1. To put forth, as buds.
• noun:
1. A bud; sprout.
•
• esurient \ih-SUR-ee-uhnt; -ZUR-\,
adjective:
• Hungry; greedy.
•
•
• bifurcate \BY-fur-kayt; by-FUR-kayt\,
transitive verb:
• 1. To divide into two branches or parts.
• intransitive verb:
1. To branch or separate into two
parts.
• adjective:
1. Divided into two branches or parts;
 raffish
• raf‧fish literary
• behaving or dressing in a way which
is not respected by many people
but which is still confident and
attractive:
– an interesting character with a raffish
air
• raffishly adverb
• raffishness noun [uncountable]
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 incarnadine
• incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\,
adjective:
• 1. Having a fleshy pink color.
2. Red; blood-red.
• transitive verb:
1. To make red or crimson.
•
 reverie
• reverie \REV-uh-ree\, noun:
• 1. A state of dreamy meditation or
fanciful musing.
2. A daydream.
 She was startled out of her reverie by a
loud crash.
3. A fantastic, visionary, or
impractical idea.
4. Music. An instrumental
composition of a vague and dreamy