English Vocabulary Chromosome to Epiphany
chromosome
Noun: a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
deleterious 1
Syn: bad, destructive, detrimental, ruinous, hurtful. Ant: aiding, helpful, assisting.
diffident 1
Syn: bashful, demure, meek, self-conscious, timid. Ant: aggressive, bold, brave, confident, extroverted.
circumnavigate 1
Syn: bypass, circumvent, skirt, travel around. Ant: none
enervate 1
Syn: debilitate, disable, incapacitate, jade, weaken. Ant: aid, assist, energize, help, strengthen, empower.
circumlocution 1
Syn: diffuseness, discursiveness, euphemism, indirectness, roundabout. Ant: conciseness, directness, straightforwardness, terseness.
enfranchise 1
Syn: emancipate, liberate, free, set free, release; unchain, unyoke, unfetter, unshackle Ant: hold, incarcerate, limit, restrain, enslave.
epiphany 1
Syn: flash, insight, vision, inspiration, oracle, sign. Ant: confusion, secret.
chromosome 1
Syn: gene, heredity, RNA, genetic code, nucleic acid Ant: none
churlish 1
Syn: grumpy, ornery, rude, sullen, uncivilized Ant: Happy, nice, polished, refined, sophisticated.
deciduous 1
Syn: temporary, brief, transitory, momentary, short-term Ant: enduring, lasting, permanent, perpetual, long-lived.
epiphany
a moment of sudden revelation or insight.
deciduous
adjective: (of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually. Often contrasted with evergreen.
deleterious
adjective: causing harm or damage: divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children.
churlish
adjective: rude in a mean-spirited and surly way: it seems churlish to complain.
circumlocution
noun: the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive: his admission came after years of circumlocution | he used a number of poetic circumlocutions.
enervate
verb: cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
enfranchise
verb: give the right to vote to: a proposal that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections.
circumnavigate
verb: sail all the way around (something, esp. the world).
diffident
Adjective: modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence: a diffident youth.