Educational

adjourn

[uh-jurn]

to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely

abgesang

[ab-guh-zong]

the concluding section in musical and poetic bar form

peristyle

[per-uh-stahyl]

a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space

invidious

[in-vid-ee-uhs]

calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful

circumspect

[sur-kuhm-spekt]

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered

persnickety

[per-snik-i-tee]

requiring painstaking care

obelus

[ob-uh-luhs]

a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

engender

[en-jen-der]

to produce, cause, or give rise to

malapropism

[mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm]

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

apologia

[ap-uh-loh-jee-uh]

a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions

kapellmeister

[kah-pel-mahy-ster]

the leader or conductor of an orchestra or choir

triskaidekaphobia

[tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh]

a fear of the number 13

limivorous

[lahy-miv-er-uhs]

of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it

conviction

[val-i-deyt]

a fixed or firm belief

polemic

[puh-lem-ik]

a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

mendacious

[men-dey-shuhs]

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; untruthful

deprecate

[dep-ri-keyt]

to express earnest disapproval of

conflate

[kuhn-fleyt]

to fuse into one entity; merge

plenteous

[plen-tee-uhs]

plentiful; copious; abundant

adjudicate

[uh-joo-di-keyt]

to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence

sarcophagus

[sahr-kof-uh-guhs]

a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece

facile

[fas-il]

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

quisling

[kwiz-ling]

a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

imminent

[im-uh-nuhnt]

projecting or leaning forward; overhanging