loading...
Click flashcard terms on the left to see their definitions.
High Scores
There are no High Scores Yet.
Share This List

All terms in this list:

brevity: noun The quality of being brief in duration. Succinctness; conciseness.

comport: verb To tolerate, bear. [16th-19th c.] To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]

concise: adjective brief, yet including all important information

demure: adjective Quiet, modest, reserved, or serious.

depreciation: noun The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation. The falling of value; reduction of worth.

deteriorate: verb To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

divulge: verb To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret. To indicate publ

enlightened: adjective educated or informed Made aware of something noun Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism verb Simple past of enlighten.

forestall: verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.

garble: verb To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble

Friends with BookmarkOS

Definitions from Wiktionary under the GNU FDL.
Sentences copyrighted by their respective publishers.
terms of service privacy policy