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luminous

[loo-muh-nuhs]

radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright

relegate

[rel-i-geyt]

to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition

repine

[ri-pahyn]

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

noetic

[noh-et-ik]

originating in or apprehended by the reason

solder

[sod-er]

to join closely and intimately

diphthong

[dif-thawng]

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

deprecate

[dep-ri-keyt]

to express earnest disapproval of

vernal

[vur-nl]

of, in, or appropriate to spring

connive

[kuh-nahyv]

to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with)

conventional

[kuhn-ven-shuh-nl ]

conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste

subterfuge

[suhb-ter-fyooj]

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

akimbo

[uh-kim-boh]

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

facile

[fas-il]

moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality

prescient

[presh-uhnt]

having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight

solecism

[sol-uh-siz-uhm]

a breach of good manners or etiquette

shear

[sheer]

to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

threnody

[thren-uh-dee]

a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

abgesang

[ab-guh-zong]

the concluding section in musical and poetic bar form

frazil

[fraz-uhl]

ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas

anchorite

[ang-kuh-rahyt]

a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion

incriminate

[in-krim-uh-neyt]

to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault

paraselene

[par-uh-si-lee-nee]

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

irrefragable

[ih-ref-ruh-guh-buhl]

not to be disputed or contested

precarious

[pri-kair-ee-uhs]

dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure