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| 1: a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work. 2: a: a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; 3: the concluding section of a musical composition. The epilogue at the close of the production ensured that the audience had a through understanding of its theme and overall lesson. |
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| a quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow. The candidate used pathos when talking about the war, trying to get American’s to agree with him about pulling our troops out of harms way. |
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| 1. to drive out; to uncover and bring to light by searching. Often used with out: "Their work merely points the way for others to ferret out the core components of all proteins." President Bush swore the U.S. would ferret out the terrorists from their caves. |
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| (adv.): obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine. Kayla surreptitiously grabbed the sunglasses from the shelf and walked out of the store without paying. |
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| a very intense and uncontrolled fire. Conflagrations usually pop up when there is underbrush that does not decompose quickly enough; they happen frequently in dry arid climates such as California and Texas. No one in Waco will ever forget the conflagration that leveled the Branch Davidian compound. |
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| utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. — The girl was terrible at saving her money (she wasted it quite often) and seemed to be profligate with everything else as well. |
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| 1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge.2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate. 3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly. Jack Thompson’s goal is to efface every single video game that exists. |
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| to hide under a false appearance: smiled to dissimulate her urgency. Verb form: dissemble. The dissimulation fooled everybody about the real identity of Bob. |
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| Existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent; a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing. The rain storm had some concomitant circumstances like wind and thunder. |
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| Bearing or expression; mental composure. Her countenance was calm and didn’t reflect the turmoil in her mind. |
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| 1. Depression or lowness of spirits; 2. defecation 2. evacuation of the bowels. With a feeling of utter dejection and despair, Mark walked away from the girl that he had once thought to be so perfect for him. |
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| a sudden, violent outburst; a fit or violent action or emotion; a spasm, fit, or convulsion: paroxysm of rage. A paroxysm of sneezing suddenly spread though the orphanage. |
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| pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite. Mr. Bingley’s affable nature made him a favorite among society. |
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| to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate. 2. Excupation (n): the act of freeing from guilt or blame. In his last week on death row, Richard Orlopp was exculpated when DNA evidence proved his innocence. |
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| immoral person; debauchee [1653, shortening of rakehell (1547), possibly an alteration (by association with rake (1) and Hell) of M.E. rakel] [from raken "to go, proceed," from O.E. racian, of unknown origin. Rakish first recorded 1706.] rakish (adj.) - hasty, rash, headstrong. The man was instantly viewed as a rake after his flirting with five different women in one evening. |
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| Unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice. Not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: An inexorable creditor. syn. unbending; severe, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, merciless, cruel, pitiless. Mr. Watson remained inexorable about letting his daughter drive home from the party and insisted on picking her up; he believed too many inebriated revelers were on the road. |
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| unconditional authority; full discretionary power. A sheet of paper that is blank except for the signature and given by the signer to another person to write in whatever he or she pleases. “The prime minister herself did not take any action on the refugee issue but gave her minister of the interior carte blanche to deal with the situation.” |
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| 1. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawing. 2. Servilely compliant or deferential. 3.Obedient; dutiful Ex: Making his master’s wish his every command, the servant was the epitome of obsequious. |
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| a self-evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle or rule; maxim. |
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| a person who decides and determines matters, like a judge. (n. arbitration v. arbitrate) Grandma stepped in as arbiter between her quarreling children, settling once and for all who could use the green cup. |
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| (used with object) to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. (used without object) to come into use; take or have effect. to become beneficial or advantageous. After befriending the new kid from India, little Timmy soon became inured to spicy Indian dishes. |
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| 1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings, a pernicious lie. 2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease 3. obsolete – evil; wicked. The mother’s words, though meant for constructive criticism, came across as a pernicious attack. |
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| a natural (innate) inclination or tendency |
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| Any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the orders Mallophaga or Anoplura, many of which are external parasites on various animals, including humans. The elementary school nurse had to delouse the entire 4th grade class. |
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| 1.Also, schis•mat•i•cal. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of schism; guilty of schism. 2.A person who promotes schism or is an adherent of a schismatic body. |
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| respectful submission or courteous yielding to the judgment, opinion, wishes, or will of another; acquiescence; Verb – defer. Adj. – deferential. The young boy always treats his loving mother with deference. |
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| to render useless or ineffectual; to cripple; to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means; to make useless or worthless. Menial work can stultify the mind. |
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| 1. person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald; 2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign. Syn: herald, forerunner, precursor, portent, indication. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner. Frost is a harbinger of winter |
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| the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct; The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules; 2. specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry. Through casuistry he convinced himself that that it was OK to cheat on his taxes, reasoning that the government took too much from his salary anyway. |
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| decisive, lit., deadly, destructive (deriv. of perimere to take away fully, destroy, slay), equiv. to per- PER- + em-, base of emere to buy, orig. to take] 1. putting an end to all debate or action: a peremptory decree. 2. not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative. Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal: a peremptory tone, a peremptory command. The teacher spoke in a peremptory tone. |
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