Of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious

"Catholic writers admit that what are called the apocryphal books were never acknowledged by the Jewish Church."

The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution

Understood by only a few; mysterious

"Fewer than half a dozen articles have been published on apotemnophilia, most of them in arcane journals!"

A New Way to Be Mad

-To summon/cause to assemble

-To assemble/meet formally

"Second Senate Judges Convene In Germany's Federal Constitutional Court In Karlsruhe, Germany."

Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities

-Useful/convenient

-Concerned primarily with serving one's own interest

- (N) A means employed to bring about a certain result

"His stated objectives were to find more expedient trade routes to the East..."

Science and Its Times

-To flow out slowly/ooze or emit

-Give forth/exhibit in abundance

"Corals exude a calcium carbonate skeleton..."

Environmental Science: In Context

Gesticulate (V) (N)

-To motion energetically with the body or limbs

" But whether they know it or not, they squawk through loudspeakers and gesticulate before distortion mirrors that Sinclair Lewis set up a generation ago."

Modern American Literature

Calm and assured

"...with faith in herself, thoroughly at ease; dispassionate, imperturbable; a figure chiselled from some cold marble quarry.”

The Scorn of Women

Increment (N)

Incremental (Adj)

-An increase or gain, often by reglar, consecutive amounts

"A body's gravitas not only initiated the downward motion, it also augmented it through accumulated increments of impetus."

Science and Its Times

Excessive frivolity; a lack of seriousness; joking

"No unnecessary conversation, whispering, or laughing, to be practiced...and above all I enjoin it upon you to refrain from all levity, both in conduct and in conversation, while singing sacred words.”

American Eras

To embarrass or humiliate

"The taunts, the gibes, the sneers and the vulgar triumphs of ignoble spirits, which so annoy and mortify, were to be expected."

Reconstruction Era Reference Library

Periphery (N)

Peripheral (Adj)

-Area around the edges; outermost part

-(Adj) Relating to, involving, or forming an outer edge or boundary

"The nerve cord, or spinal cord, serves as a connection between the peripheral nerves and the brain."

Biology

One who tells stories with skills and wit

"He remained an unrepentant raconteur, and chronicled his fascinating encounters with the equally rich and famous in a 1987 autobiography, In My Own Fashion."

Newsmaker 2007 Cumulation

To say or do over again; to repeat

"She offeredno explanation at the time, but did reiterate her belief that woman should be given every oppurtunity to advance in politics."

Women In World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia

A deceptive scheme or strategy

"Ratjen's subterfuge was not confirmed until 1955, when he stated he had been forced to compete aas a female by the nazi's."

World of Sports Science

-Move back and forth from lack of balance

-Alternate indecisively between opinions or courses of actions

"...and when she needs stability in her shifting social environment, they exploit her, vacillate, or plunge her further into profligate decadence."

Reference Guide to Short Fiction