to secure firmly.

ant. to release from restraint.

Anchor the boat to the dock.

verb.

anchore, anchoring, anchors.

very, very old. (it literally means 'before the Flood.".).

ant. ultramodern.

The natives' antediluvian marriage rituals had not changed in thousands of years.

adjective.

antediluvian.

to belittle, to run down, to deny the importamce of something. (to make someone feel bad, belittle.).

syn. asperse, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, traduce, vilify.

ant. to praise; to laud; to acclaim.

verb.

To denigrate someone's reputation merely on hersay is wrong.

denigration, denigrator, denigratory, denigrated, denigrating.

having great sorrow.

syn. melancholy, plaintive, lugubrious, mournful.

ant. cheerful.

By her doleful expression, I know that she did not make the cheerleader squad.

adjective.

dolefully, dolefulness.

a short addition to a literary work, a short speech given at the end of a play.

The author's intent in writing the novel can be found in the epilogue.

noun.

spilog, epilogist, epilogues, epiloguize.

an instruption in memory of a dead person. (usually on a tombstone.).

She wants to write her own epitaph before she dies, rather than have someone else write it later.

noun.

epitaphial, epitaphless, epitaphie.

slight fault, minor weakness of character.

syn. failing, fragility, vice.

ant. strong point.

His character is weakened only by a slight foible.

noun.

foibles.

crudely or taselessly colorful or showy; excessively ornate ot elaborate.

syn. loud, tawdry, gaudy, crazy.

ant. austere; modest.

Her garish clothes made her look out of place in the conservative setting.

adjective.

garishly, garishness.

a reverential regard; respect shown by external action.

syn. honor, reverence, deference, obeisance.

ant. disrespect.

The people went to play homage to their respected leader.

noun.

homages, homagen.

to beg in earnest.

syn. entreat, implore, supplicate, adjure.

Although he importuned for one more chance, his former boss would not rehire him.

adjective.

importuned, importuning, importunely, importuner, importunity, importunacy, importunate, importunateness.

things that cannot be realized or defined. (hope, love, peace, kindness.).

ant. things that can be realized.

The coach said that he had the best team and that they should win, but one never knows anout intangibles.

noun.

intangibility, intangibleness, intangibly.

one who indulges excessively in sexual activity or laciviousness. (lustful.).

ant. ascetic.

The young woman was repulsed by the unwanted sexua; advances of the lecher.

noun.

lechery, lecherous, lecherously, lecherousness.

unwholesomeness and gloominess, gruesomeness.

ant. wholesomeness.

The boy talked about the dead people and gruesome things. He soon frightened me with his morbidity.

noun.

morbid, morbidness.

to exclude by general consent from society or priviledges. (ignored.).

syn. exile, disenfranchise, excommunicate.

ant. to accept; to condone.

Her friends ostracized her after her husband's arrest.

verb.

ostracized, ostracizing, ostracization, ostracizable, ostracizer.

having a condescending attitude. ( having superior attitude.).

syn. babyish, younger than you are, less than.

ant. accepting.

She hugger the poor children in the streets and flashed them patronizing similes.

adjective.?.

patronize, patronization, patronizer, patronizingly.

abundance, a lot.

ant. dearth, scarcity.

I can always find a plenitude of advice but rarely a plausible solution.

noun.

plenitudinous.

one who is skillful at telling stories and anecdotes.

One of the reasons that most Americans loved Will Roger was that he was a wonderful raconteur.

noun.

raconteuse.

echoing, continuing to sound.

The resonant sounds of the cello make it a okeasing instrument.

adjective.

resonance, resonate, resonantly, resonator.

one who keep gaurd as a sentry. ( gaurds you.).

The oak trees hovered over the house as sentinels.

noun.

sentineled, sentineting, sentinels.

to seclude. ( jurys.). ( set the apart.).

ant. to allow to mingle freely.

Because of the publicity about the case and the defendant, the judge decided to sequester the jury.

verb.

sequestered, sequestrable, sequestrant, sequestration, sequestrator.

the residue or mass of metal left after smelting; worthless matter.

The bottom of the pit was full of slag.

noun.

slagger.

lavish, luxurious.

ant. paltry.

I like to go to my mother's house on Thanksgiving Day because we always have a sumptuous feast.

adjective.

sumptuously, sumptuosity, sumptuousness.

to add a bit of color; to affect slightly; a slight coloration. ( little.).

ant. to blanch.

I wanted to add a tinge of red to the picture. The roses inged the air with their fragrance.

verb.

tingent, tinged, tinging, tinges.

distasteful, unpleasant, disagreeable.

ant. agreeable; tasty.

The speaker made harshly unpalatable but honest statements.

adjective.

unpalatableness, unpalatably.

ordinary, commonplace.

ant. extraordinary.

Because the novelist included workaday settings in her book, she was able to appeal to the ordinary man.

adjective.