Educational

gawk

[gawk]

to stare stupidly; gape

perpetuate

[per-pech-oo-eyt]

to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

chthonian

[thoh-nee-uhn]

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth

anchorite

[ang-kuh-rahyt]

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

yearning

[yur-ning]

deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

caducity

[kuh-doo-si-tee]

the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility

blanch

[blahnch]

to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands

subterfuge

[suhb-ter-fyooj]

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

turbulent

[tur-byuh-luhnt]

being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed

somber

[som-ber]

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

risible

[riz-uh-buhl]

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous

vindicate

[vin-di-keyt]

to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like

obdurate

[ob-doo-rit]

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

threnody

[thren-uh-dee]

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

prodigious

[pruh-dij-uhs]

extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

complicit

[kuhm-plis-it]

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

virulent

[vir-yuh-luhnt, vir-uh-]

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

facile

[fas-il]

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

anaphora

[uh-naf-er-uh]

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

deleterious

[del-i-teer-ee-uhs]

injurious to health

holophrase

[hol-uh-freyz]

a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative "Go!"

adjourn

[uh-jurn]

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

dodecahedron

[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

endemic

[en-dem-ik]

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous