GRE for jishi 17 - 18

renegade

/ˈɹɛnɪˌɡeɪ̯d/ n. An outlaw or rebel. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause, religion, political party, friend, etc. Coordinate terms (disloyal person): apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat

repertoire

/ˈɹɛp.ə.twɑː/ n. A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display. A set of skills possessed by a person. A collection of items. The conjurer expanded his repertoire with some new tricks. Etymology Borrowing from French répertoire, from Late Latin repertorium ("an inventory, list, repertory"), from Latin reperire ("to find, find out, discover, invent"), from re- ("again") + parire, usually parere ("to produce").

shoal

adj. (now rare) Shallow. n.A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow. A shallow in a body of water. v. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of. To become shallow. The colour of the water shows where it shoals. 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed. The god himself with ready trident stands, / And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands, / Then heaves them off the shoals. A ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. — Marryat. The colour of the water shows where it shoals. n. Any large number of persons or things. A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together. v. To collect in a shoal; to throng. Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. great shoals of people The fish shoaled about the place.

saline

adj. Containing salt; salty. Resembling salt. n. Water containing dissolved salt. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

slipshod

adj. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash. (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes. Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.

seminal

adj. Of or relating to seed or semen. Creative or having the power to originate. Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research. n. (obsolete) A seed. "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science. For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, .... Synonyms (relating to seed): germinal (creative): innovative, primary (highly influential): innovative, formative

reportorial

adj. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a reporter

simplistic

adj. Overly simple. In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuance and complexity are lost or important details are overlooked. (obsolete) Of or relating to simples, or medicinal herbs.

self-conscious

adj. aware of oneself as an individual being uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour socially ill at ease

retentive

adj. tending or serving to retain something. having power or capacity to retain. having power or ability to remember; having a good memory.

salient

adjective 1. prominent or conspicuous: salient traits. 2. projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle. 3. leaping or jumping: a salient animal. 4. Heraldry. (of a beast) represented as leaping: a lion salient. noun 5. a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line. 6. Physical Geography. a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain. Compare reentrant (def 4). Synonyms 1. important; striking, remarkable. Antonyms 1. inconspicuous, unimportant. Gather necessary information and salient facts before making an important decision. The salient quality of them all is their sincerity and directness. It's a salient feature of modern media that being thought to be popular can make you more popular.

roseate

adjective 1. tinged with rose; rosy: a roseate dawn. 2. bright or promising: a roseate future. 3. incautiously optimistic: a roseate forecast for holiday sales. Towards the end, consciousness itself grew lost in a roseate haze, and melted into nothingness. Both are designed around a natural landscape, so it is not uncommon to spot an eagle or roseate spoonbill from the links. roseate spoonbills are found year-round on the refuge.

referent

n. (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes. That which is referenced.

sap

n. (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. (uncountable) The sap-wood, or alburnum, of a tree. (slang, countable) A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop; a naive person. n. (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack. v. (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack). n. (military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc. v. (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. (transitive, military) To pierce with saps. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken. (transitive) To gradually weaken. (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps — 12

scarlet

n. A bright red, slightly orange colour. Cloth of a scarlet color. adj. Of a bright red colour. Sinful or whorish. v. To dye or tinge with scarlet. All her household are clothed with scarlet. Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; ... ; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines. The ashy paleness of my cheek / Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.

rowdy

noun, plural rowdies. 1. a rough, disorderly person. adjective, rowdier, rowdiest. 2. rough and disorderly: Related forms rowdily, adverb rowdiness, noun unrowdy, adjective rowdyism, noun Synonyms 2. boisterous, unruly, obstreperous. He wanted a campus where people were close-knit, open to diversity, and not too cliquish or too rowdy. The dining room walls inspire lively, rowdy meals with good conversation. It's the smile of a patient schoolmarm familiar with the antics of rowdy students.

resort

n. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety). (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt. v. To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration. To fall back; to revert. To make one's way, go (to). Join with me to forbid him her resort. Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training. The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors. Etymology 1 From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir ("to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal"), back-formation from sortir ("to go out"). v. to repeat a sorting process; sort again n. An act of sorting again. "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1. n. (obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.

relish

n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. (transitive) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of; to take great pleasure in. When liberty is gone, / Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish. Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog - smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs - topped with every imaginable condiment - hot mustard, sweet mustard, jalapenos, spaghetti sauce, regular relish, corn relish, maple syrup salsa and the secret sauce of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). ("If I told you the recipe," an aide explained, "I'd have to shoot you.") He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honours which he enjoys.

sabotage

n. noun 1. any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute. 2. any undermining of a cause. verb (used with object), sabotaged, sabotaging. 3. to injure or attack by sabotage. Synonyms 3. disable, vandalize, cripple. That kind of sabotage would harm the company's efforts to sell its electricity In cases like yours, there's only one good reason to call a potential employer: to sabotage your chances of getting the gig. Malone, an outspoken opponent of the project, is suspected of sabotage.

rift

noun 1.an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink. 2.an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass, or a clear interval. 3.a break in friendly relations: a rift between two people; a rift between two nations. 4.a difference in opinion, belief, or interest that causes such a break in friendly relations. 5.Geology. a fault. a graben of regional extent. 6.the plane or direction along which a log or mass of granite can most easily be split. 7.wood or a piece of wood that has been split radially from a log. verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 8.to burst open; split. Ten million years from now the entire rift may be submerged. The small lake sits in the slightly elongate rift area where the eruption occurred. The crisis has caused a rift in the hitherto friendly relations between the two countries. Related forms riftless, adjective unrifted, adjective

regressive / regress /regression

regressive adj. That tends to return, revert or regress. (of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the amount increases. regress n. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. The power or liberty of passing back. v. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable. Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question. regression n. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state. (psychotherapy) A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage. (statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable. (statistics) An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s). (programming) The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.

reparable / reparation

reparable adj. Able to be repaired. reparation n. (usually in plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s). The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired. I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able. the reparation of a bridge or of a highway

regretful / regret

regretful adj. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done. regret v. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing). n. Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing. (obsolete) Dislike; aversion. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe? Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

relent / relentless

relent n. Stay; stop; delay. v. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion. To slacken; to abate. (obsolete, transitive) To lessen, make less severe or fast. (dated) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. He relented of his plan to murder his opponent, and decided just to teach him a lesson instead. I did, I suppose, hope that she might finally relent a little and make some conciliatory response or other. (from "The Remains of the Day"‎ by Kazuo Ishiguro) We waited for the storm to relent before we ventured outside. He will not relent in his effort to reclaim his victory. relentless adj. Unrelenting or unyielding in severity Unremitting, steady and persistent

remorse / remorseful / remorseless

remorse n. A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning. (obsolete) Sorrow; pity; compassion. Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years. remorseful adj. (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse. Expressing or caused by remorse. He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution. There was a remorseful look on her face. remorseless adj. without remorse, mercy or pity unyielding or relentless

remunerative / remunerate / remuneration / munerate

remunerative adj. Offering compensation, usually financial; rewarding. Joan found the work not only pleasant, but remunerative, as well. remunerate v. To compensate; to pay. remuneration n. Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered. A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument. A recompense for a loss; compensation. "Mr. Quatermain," said the former, "I am well off, and I am bent upon this business. You may put the remuneration for your services at whatever figure you like in reason, and it shall be paid over to you before we start. Moreover, I will arrange in the event of anything untoward happening to us or to you, that your son shall be suitably provided for. You will see from this offer how necessary I think your presence. Also if by chance we should reach this place, and find diamonds, they shall belong to you and Good equally. I do not want them. But of course that promise is worth nothing at all, though the same thing would apply to any ivory we might get. You may pretty well make your own terms with me, Mr. Quatermain; and of course I shall pay all expenses." munerate v. To remunerate. Etymology Latin muneratus, past participle of munerare ("to give, bestow").

renounce / renunciation

renounce n. (card games) An act of renouncing. v. (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender. (transitive) To cast off, repudiate. (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown. (transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration. (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something. (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust. (intransitive, card games) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led. to renounce a title to land or to a throne This world I do renounce, and in your sights / Shake patiently my great affliction off. He of my sons who fails to make it good, / By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. renunciation n. the act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid the resignation of an ecclesiastical office The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress. The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.

repel / repulse

repel v. (now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). (physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force. To cause repulsion, cause dislike. (transitive, sports) To save (a shot). It is some satisfaction to him that is repelled, that dignities, honours, offices, are not alwayes given by desert or worth, but for love, affinitie, friendship, affection, great mens letters, or as commonly they are bought and sold. In nearby Zintan, rebels repelled an advance by Gaddafi's forces, killing eight and taking one prisoner, a local activist said. However, while the idea of a free holiday appeals enormously, I am frankly repelled by the idea of spending a couple of weeks in your company. Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge. repulse v. to repel or drive back to reject or rebuff to cause revulsion n. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed refusal, rejection or repulsion to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy to repulse a suitor Related terms repulsion repulsive repellent Etymology From Middle English repellen, from Old French * repeller, from Latin repellere ("to drive back"), from re- ("back") + pellere ("to drive"). For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel ('u'). Compare else, false, convulse.

replenish / plenish

replenish v. To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity. (archaic) To fill; to complete; to supply fully. (obsolete) To finish; to complete; to perfect. It's a popular product, and they have to replenish their stock of it frequently. ...and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth... (Genesis 1:28, KJV) plenish v. (archaic, chiefly Scotland) To fill up, to stock or supply (something). (chiefly Scotland) Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture).

reprehensible / reprehend

reprehensible adj. Blameworthy, censurable, guilty. Deserving of reprehension. Scarlett O'Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind and the reprehensible sequel Scarlett. reprehend v. to criticize, to reprove See also criticize rebuke reprimand reprove

repress / repressive

repress n. The act of repressing. v. To press again. To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. Hence, to check; to keep back. to repress sedition or rebellion to repress the first risings of discontent. repressive adj. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.

repugnance / repugnant / repugn

repugnance n. extreme aversion, repulsion contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such. repugnant adj. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion. (law) Opposed or in conflict. repugn v. (archaic) To oppose or resist

repute / reputation

repute n. Reputation, especially a good reputation. reputation n. What somebody is known for. Usage notes Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

resilient / resilience / resile

resilient adj. Able to endure tribulation without cracking. He's resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he's saying makes him stop, pause as if lost. resilience n. The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune. The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity. The positive ability of a system or company to adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar (particularly IT systems, archives). resile v. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body. If a legitimate expectation is established, it must be unfair for the public authority to resile from giving effect to that expectation, unless the wider interests of the public require that the public authority resiles in order properly to protect those wider interests. Etymology Latin resiliō ("spring back") through French resilir; from re (back) + saliō ("I jump").

respire / respiraton / respiratory / respirator

respire v. (intransitive) To breathe in and out. (intransitive) To engage in the process of respiration. (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress. (transitive) To inhale and exhale; to breathe. n. (obsolete) Rest, respite. respiration n. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath. An act of breathing; a breath. Any similar process, in organisms that lack lungs, that exchanges gases with its environment. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide. Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again. respiratory adj. Relating to respiration; breathing. Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats' propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. respirator n. a masklike device, usually of gauze, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances or the like. British, gas mask. Medicine/Medical. an apparatus to produce artificial respiration. He quickly went down to inspect the damage, wearing a respirator as the tunnel had filled with helium gas.

restitution / restitute

restitution n. (law) A process of compensation for losses. The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury. A return or restoration to a previous condition or position. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation. (medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour. The force-displacement curve of perfectly plastic contact partners does not show elastic restitution. restitute v. (intransitive) to make restitution. (transitive) to make restitution for. to restore to a former state or position.

retribution

retribution n. requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil. something given or inflicted in such requital. Theology. the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life. Without a doubt, this action demanded retaliation and retribution. He asked me not to reveal his village because he fears retribution. It's called having a conscience with an innate fear of divine retribution for doing what is wrong. Derived Forms retributive (rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv), ( rare) retributory, adjective retributively, adverb

rhapsodic / rhapsody

rhapsodic adjective 1.extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic. 2.pertaining to, characteristic of, or of the nature or form of rhapsody. Also, rhapsodical. Synonyms 1. elated, transported, overjoyed. People took the suggestion, agreed wholeheartedly, wrote rhapsodic reviews. They will wax rhapsodic about the mind games-within-a-game hitters and pitchers play. Losing my way resulted in a rhapsodic series of clichés. rhapsody noun, plural rhapsodies. 1.Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. 2.an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm. 3.an epic poem, or a part of such a poem, as a book of the Iliad, suitable for recitation at one time. 4.a similar piece of modern literature. 5.an unusually intense or irregular poem or piece of prose. 6.Archaic. a miscellaneous collection; jumble. Dear alan, my rhapsody in chalk was inspired by it alone. rhapsody over brotherhood--or sisterhood--was more suspect, than ever. Related forms rhapsodically, adverb unrhapsodic, adjective unrhapsodical, adjective unrhapsodically, adverb

salvage / salvation

salvage n. the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation the ship, crew or cargo so rescued the compensation paid to the rescuers the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted damaged: salvage cars auction. v. (transitive) Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue (transitive) Of discarded goods, to put to use (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved n. obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.] Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw. salvation n. (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell). The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved. In Islam, salvation is achieved by praying in the mosque to Allah and following the sunnah of Muhammad. Antonyms (in religion): damnation

rigid / rigidity / rigor / rigorous

rigid adjective 1. stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: 2. firmly fixed or set. 3. inflexible, strict, or severe: 4. exacting; thorough; rigorous: 5. so as to meet precise standards; stringent: 6. Mechanics. of, pertaining to, or noting a body in which the distance between any pair of points remains fixed under all forces; having infinite values for its shear modulus, bulk modulus, and Young's modulus. 7. Aeronautics. (of an airship or dirigible) having a form maintained by a stiff, unyielding structure contained within the envelope; pertaining to a helicopter rotor that is held fixedly at its root. Synonyms 1. unbending, firm, inflexible. 2. immovable, static. 3. austere, stern, unyielding. See strict. 4, 5. demanding. Certain occupational courses such as nursing and aircraft maintenance are much more rigid and consistent across instructors. But the method they actually use is surprisingly close to how animals with rigid skeletons-including humans-do it, scientists say. It consists of a light yet rigid foam made of little beams and membranes. Related forms rigidity, rigidness, noun rigidly, adverb overrigid, adjective overrigidly, adverb overrigidness, noun rigor noun 1. strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people. 2. the full or extreme severity of laws, rules, etc. 3. severity of living conditions; hardship; austerity: 4. a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc. 5. scrupulous or inflexible accuracy or adherence: 6. severity of weather or climate or an instance of this: 7. Pathology. a sudden coldness, as that preceding certain fevers; chill. Also, especially British, rigour. Synonyms 1. inflexibility, stringency. 4. cruelty. The board says it is eager to bring new rigor to education. We kept all that is good about methods in economics: theoretical and empirical rigor. Researchers aim to put more rigor into studies of media bias. rigorous adjective 1. characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: 2. severely exact or accurate; precise: 3. (of weather or climate) uncomfortably severe or harsh; extremely inclement. 4. Logic, Mathematics. logically valid. Synonyms 1. stern, austere, hard, inflexible, stiff, unyielding. See strict. 2. demanding, finical. 3. hard, bitter. Antonyms 1. flexible, soft. 2. inaccurate. 3. mild. They were, rather, the product of rigorous observation and of years of trial and error. Most veterinarians make around sixty thousand a year, and veterinary training can be as costly and rigorous as medical training. The moment demanded clarity of mind and rigorous governance, and yet he could not summon them.

rivet / riveting

rivet noun 1. a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion. verb (used with object), riveted, riveting or (especially British) rivetted, rivetting. 2. to fasten with a rivet or rivets. 3. to hammer or spread out the end of (a pin, bolt, etc.) in order to form a head and secure something; clinch. 4. to fasten or fix firmly. 5. to hold (the eye, attention, etc.) firmly. It's not so much the rivet s as the rivet holes that stop cracks. When you think of sports, you think of the games on the field, the dramatic moments that rivet us. If you're getting into vacuum forming your parts, you'll probably want to graduate from the glue gun to the rivet gun. riveting adjective 1. absolutely fascinating; enthralling Related forms riveter, noun rivetless, adjective unriveted, adjective unriveting, adjective

rue / rueful

rue verb (used with object), rued, ruing. 1. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: 2. to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: verb (used without object), rued, ruing. 3. to feel sorrow, repentance, or regret. noun 4. sorrow; repentance; regret. 5. pity or compassion. noun 1. any strongly scented plant of the genus Ruta, especially R. graveolens, having yellow flowers and leaves formerly used in medicine. rue the day when rule of law displaces good manners. Many travelers have lived to rue the day that they booked a trip without first reading the fine print. Each was asked to describe, in detail, one decision they came to rue. rueful adjective 1. causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable: 2. feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful; doleful: Beneath the constant pep talks is a rueful sense of moral exhaustion. Yet the movie and his performance have the retrospective air of rueful age. His fiction runs the gamut, from rueful to riotously funny. Related forms ruer, noun unrued, adjective ruefully, adverb ruefulness, noun half-rueful, adjective half-ruefully, adverb unrueful, adjective

rugged

rugged adjective 1. having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: 2. (of a face) wrinkled or furrowed, as by experience or the endurance of hardship. 3. roughly irregular, heavy, or hard in outline or form; craggy: 4. rough, harsh, or stern, as persons or nature. 5. full of hardship and trouble; severe; hard; trying: 6. tempestuous; stormy: 7. harsh to the ear: Synonyms 1. uneven, irregular, craggy. 4. austere. 6. turbulent. 7. grating, cacophonous. 8. unpolished, crude. Antonyms 1. smooth. 4. mild. 10. frail. rugged mountains and untamed forest came to represent a country that wanted to see itself as strong and fertile. They leave the jail rugged and healthy from the sane and vigorous existence they have led while there. The park's rugged mountain environment offers hikers plenty of scenery and a mix of both easy and strenuous conditions. Related forms ruggedly, adverb ruggedness, noun unrugged, adjective

ruminate / ruminant

ruminate verb (used without object), ruminated, ruminating. 1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant. 2. to meditate or muse; ponder. verb (used with object), ruminated, ruminating. 3. to chew again or over and over. 4. to meditate on; ponder. Synonyms 2. think, reflect. Some can ruminate for months without taking any action, psychologists say. She developed insomnia and started to ruminate constantly about what she might have done wrong. ruminant noun 1. any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains. adjective 2. ruminating; chewing the cud. 3. contemplative; meditative: "a ruminant scholar." Related forms Expand ruminatingly, adverb rumination, noun ruminative, adjective ruminatively, adverb ruminator, noun

ruth / ruthless

ruth noun 1. pity or compassion. 2. sorrow or grief. 3. self-reproach; contrition; remorse. Synonyms 1. mercy, sympathy. Antonyms 1. cruelty. ruthless adjective 1. without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: "a ruthless tyrant." Synonyms unrelenting, adamant, relentless. See cruel. He could be ruthless or cruel with friends and, especially, family if they did not meet his expectations. The only key to survival, and any measure of productivity, is ruthless time management. But the job market is ruthless, and not everyone ends up as well positioned as they might have hoped.

sanctimonious / sanctimony

sanctimonious adj. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious. (archaic) Holy, devout. sanctimony n. A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show. See also self-righteous phony holier-than-thou

self-deprecation / self-deprecation

self-deprecation n. The disparagement of one's own abilities

sanctuary / sanctum

sanctuary n. A place of safety, refuge or protection. An area set aside for protection. A state of being protected, asylum. The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar. 'I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,' the Chief was saying. 'An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. [...]' sanctum n. A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a private retreat or workroom. A sacred or private place. For myself, I had no need to make any change; I should not be called upon to quit my sanctum of the schoolroom; for a sanctum it was now become to me, -- "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble."

sanitary / sanitize

sanitary adj. of, or relating to health clean and free from pathogens; hygienic sanitize v. (transitive) to partially free something of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting (transitive, by extension) to make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material (transitive, computing) to remove sensitive or personal data from a database or file before giving the public access to it (transitive) to revise a document in order to prevent identification of the sources

scant / scantle / scanty

scant adj. Very little, very few. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. v. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle. n. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. (masonry) A sheet of stone. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. adv. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly. "After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John." His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour. Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs. scantle v. (obsolete, transitive) To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. v. (intransitive) To be deficient; to fail. scanty adj. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious. Traditions older than paleoarctic, as scanty as the evidence may be, show clearly that colonization of Alberta and even as far north as southern Alaska came from the south. In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

scavenge / scavenger

scavenge v. (transitive) to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse for useful material (transitive) to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities (transitive) to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle (intransitive) to feed on carrion or refuse scavenger n. (obsolete) A street sweeper. Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things. An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion. (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution. Etymology From Middle English scavager, from Old French scawageour ("one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector"), from Old French *scawage, *scavage, escavage, escauwage ("scavage"), alteration of escauvinghe (compare also Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Middle English schewing ("inspection, examination"), from Old English scēawung ("reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny"), equivalent to showing.

scenic / scenery / chew the scenery

scenic adj. having beautiful scenery; picturesque n. a depiction of scenery We have plenty of time: let's take the scenic route. scenery n. View, natural features, landscape. Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene. chew the scenery (idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant. Starring as a Great White Hope police commissioner sent to clean up Washington, D.C., Nelson displays a set of pipes barely hinted at in his years on "Coach," spending the long pilot hour barking, bloviating, singing(!) and generally chewing the scenery.

schism / schismtic

schism /ˈskɪzəm/, /ˈsɪzəm/, /ˈʃɪzəm/ n. A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord. (religion) A formal division or split within a religious body. (Catholicism) a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy. The schism between Sunnis and Shias happened quite early in Islamic history. schismatic adj. (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma divisive (religion) A person involved in a schism schismatic opinions or proposals

scorn / scornful

scorn v. (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. (intransitive) To scoff, express contempt. (transitive) To reject, turn down (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. n. (uncountable) Contempt or disdain. (countable) A display of disdain; a slight. (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. He scorned her romantic advances. She scorned to show weakness. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. scornful adj. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous. "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for a spooney ? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles into a strange gentleman's optics."

scour / scourer

scour Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) v. To clean, polish, or wash something by scrubbing it vigorously. To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off. To search an area thoroughly. (transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along. (intransitive, veterinary medicine) Of livestock, to suffer from diarrhea. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To purge. (obsolete) To cleanse. He scoured the burner pans to remove the burnt spills. He scoured the burnt food from the pan. [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, / Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it. They scoured the scene of the crime for clues. when swift Camilla scours the plain So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, / Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace. If a lamb is scouring, do not delay treatment. scourer n. A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookwares. Agent noun of scour; a person who scours. (obsolete) A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. Etymology Middle English, from Middle Dutch scuren, schuren ("to polish, to clean"), and from Old French escurer, both from Late Latin excuro ("clean off"), from Latin ex ("thoroughly") + curo ("take care of")

scourge / flog

scourge Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ n. (uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. A means to inflict such pain or destruction. A whip, often of leather. v. To strike with a scourge, to flog. Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere. America's poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty's scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([...]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short. Up to coach then goes / The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins. flog v. (transitive) To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse. (transitive, UK) To sell something. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly. (transitive, agriculture) To exploit. I did seven laps of Fyshwick with the mechanic today. I was turning lots of heads on the last few, people must of thought I was nuts, flogging the car then stopping, then driving slow then flogging it again. And then there's my part time job at Telstra Bigpond flogging their cable network for just $67.55/month long term cost, a BARGAIN, and the other part time job flogging Foxtel at something like $50/month. It'll make the Raiders look good. Getting flogged by a team that got flogged by a team that got flogged by the Bulldogs. The environment is paying dearly as producers flog their land. Sustainable agriculture needs a new generation of energised science and technology-trained farmers

scrap / scrappy

scrap n. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. (usually in the plural) Leftover food. Discarded material (especially metal), junk. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. v. (transitive) To discard. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard. (transitive) To make into scrap. n. A fight, tussle, skirmish. v. to fight I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole. Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight. That car isn't good for anything but scrap. We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill. scrappy adj. Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency. (informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive. That was a scrappy lecture. He's a scrappy dog and will charge at you if you taunt him. The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington's hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.

sculpt / sculptor / sculpture / sculptural

sculpt v. To be a sculptor sculptor n. A person who sculpts. An artist who produces sculpture. sculpture n. (uncountable) The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor (countable) A work of art created by sculpting. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group. v. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure. To represent something in sculpture. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc. sculptural adj. Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of sculpture.

sedate / sedative / sedentary

sedate adj. in a composed and temperate state. v. to tranquilize by giving a sedative; to calm; to soothe; to induce sleep. sedative n. An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep. Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing Synonyms ataractic ataraxic sedentary adj. Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity. (medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around. (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil (obsolete) Caused by long sitting. Synonyms settled The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.

seductive / seduction

seductive adj. Attractive, alluring, tempting. Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't. The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it. [...] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival? seduction n. The act of seducing. (dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage. Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire.

self-effacing / self-effacement

self-effacing adj. Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable. Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him. "[...] His personality was also extremely endearing, his interviews were very self-effacing, he came over as gentle and was generous in his praise of others. [...]" (Ian Gillan about Elvis Presley) self-effacement n. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility. John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.

self-righteousness / self-righteous

self-righteousness n. Confidence in one's own righteousness, self-assurance, smug. The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God. self-righteous adj. piously self-assured and smugly moralistic

septic / sepsis

septic adj. Of or pertaining to sepsis. Causing sepsis or putrefaction. Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage. n. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system. n. (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven. adj. (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order. n. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank. sepsis n. (pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, and a known or suspected infection is present.

sequester / sequeastrate / sequestration / sequestrable / sequestrum

sequester v. To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw. To separate in order to store. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things. (chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound (law) To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. (transitive, US, politics, law) To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget. (international law) To seize and hold enemy property. (intransitive) To withdraw; to retire. To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. n. sequestration; separation (law) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee. (medicine) A sequestrum. The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order. The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO2 emissions. The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013. sequeastrate v. To sequester. adj. (mycology) Having enclosed underground or partially buried fruiting bodies, like a truffle. sequestration n. (medicine) Protective sequestration: quarantine measures to contain infection among the population. At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free. sequestrable adj. Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration. sequestrum n. A fragment of bone or other dead tissue that has separated during necrosis

serrated / serrate / serrulate

serrated adj. saw-like. Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections. That knife has a serrated blade. Maple leaves have serrated edges. serrate adj. Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw. (botany) (leaves) Having tooth-like projections pointed away from the petiole. v. To make serrate. Many click beetles have serrate antennae. serrulate adj. Minutely serrate.

skew / askew

skew adj. (mathematics) Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines). v. (transitive) To change or alter in a particular direction. (transitive) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. (transitive) To throw or hurl obliquely. (intransitive) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. (intransitive) To start aside; to shy, as a horse. (intransitive) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously. n. (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place. adv. Awry; obliquely; askew. A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results. Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. askew adj. Turned or twisted to one side. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable. adv. tilted to one side. with disapproval He wore his hat askew to look askew

skinflint / flint

skinflint n. one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser That skinflint would reuse dental floss if he thought it would save money. You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck. flint n. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. v. (transitive) To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

slanderous / slander

slanderous adj. (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation. Synonyms defamatory libelous slander n. a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement v. to utter a slanderous statement

slash

slash v. A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc. A swift striking movement. The symbol /, also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule. Also sometimes known as a forward slash, particularly in computing. (UK, slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate Slash fiction. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia (ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs. (US, dialect) swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes (forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc. v. To cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc. (ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms (transitive) to reduce sharply To lash with a whip. To crack or snap (e.g. a whip). conj. Used to connect two or more identities in a list. Used to list alternatives. Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day. The department store slashed its prices to attract customers. I'm a teacher slash student. I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me slash pile (construction) Accumulated debris from cutting brush or trimming trees.

slimy / slime

slimy adj. Of or pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, yielding, abounding in slime; viscous; glutinous. (slang, figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky. n. A ponyfish. Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. —Coleridge. slime n. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs. (figuratively, obsolete) Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form. (obsolete) = Jew's slime (bitumen) v. (transitive) To coat with slime. (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage. As it [the Nile] ebbs, the seedsman / Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain. 'Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,' he said. 'The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. [...]'

slipper / slippery / slipperiness

slipper n. A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper. (US, Hawaii) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal). A person who slips. A kind of apron or pinafore for children. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. (engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib. A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper". (euphemistic) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment. adj. (obsolete) slippery (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To repeatedly strike the buttocks with a plimsoll as corporal punishment. slippery adj. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down. (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm. unstable; changeable; inconstant (obsolete) wanton; unchaste; loose in morals Oily substances render things slippery. a slippery person a slippery promise slipperiness n. (uncountable) The property of being slippery. (countable) The result or product of being slippery.

slovenly / sloven

slovenly adj. Having an untidy appearance; unkempt. Careless or negligent; sloppy. Unwashed, dirty, disorderly. sloven n. A man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; - the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty. low, base, lewd (obsolete) immoral woman

sluggish / slug

sluggish adj. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. -- Woodward Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy. slug n. Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only rudimentary) shell (obsolete) A slow, lazy person; a sluggard. A bullet (projectile). A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines. A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic. (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use. (physics, rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it. A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material. A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together. (television editing) A black screen. (letterpress typography) A piece of type metal imprinted by a Linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error. (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes. (web design) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename. (obsolete) A hindrance; an obstruction. A ship that sails slowly. v. To drink quickly; to gulp. To down a shot. (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist. To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking. (intransitive, of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel. (obsolete, intransitive) To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle. (transitive) To load with a slug or slugs. To make sluggish. Tvpically, enough sand is emplaced to create a slug of sand that moves along the shore causing noticeable and somewhat dramatic local changes. You had to learn to grab the teat up next to the udder with your thumb and side of your first finger, grab a slug of milk and progressively squeeze it down the teat past your middle finger, ring finger and little finger For example, a slug of iron rust might appear because of the shearing action of a high-demand flow that loosens a previously deposited iron precipitate. He insulted my mother, so I slugged him. The fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness. to slug a gun no sane person would attempt to commute that far every day. Sure they do. I've often slugged to Fredericksburg and back. The VRE carries hundreds of people per day, and the I-95 HOV lanes carry tens of thousands of people each day.

snippet / snip / snippock

snippet n. a tiny piece or part (computing) a textfile containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good. snip v. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip. To break off; to snatch away. (informal) To circumcise. n. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. A small amount of something; a pinch. (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy. A small or weak person, especially a young one. (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack. (obsolete, slang) A tailor. I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off. The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores [...] but I snipped some of it for my own share. That wholesale lot on eBay was a snip at $10 snippock n. A very small bit; snippet. A very small morsel.

snobbery / snob / snobbish / cliquish / clique

snobbery n. The property or trait of being a snob. snob n. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. (informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob. snobbish adj. Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors. Synonyms cliquish adj. of or pertaining to a clique tending to associate with a small and exclusive group clique n. A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. v. To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot. This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques. The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.

shrivel

v. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble. (intransitive) To become wrinkled. (transitive) To draw into wrinkles. I saw him shrivel on the ground in fear. His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long. The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

scramble

v. (intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. (intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner. (transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. (transitive) To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener. (transitive, military) To quickly enter (vehicles, usually aircraft) and proceed to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy. (intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross. (intransitive) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity. (transitive) To gather or collect by scrambling. n. A rush or hurry (military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. A motocross race Any frantic period of activity. As half-time approached Fabregas had another chance to give Barcelona the lead. He collected an incisive Messi pass and this time beat Cech, who required Cole to scramble back and clear the ball off the line. I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese. to scramble up wealth Of other care they little reckoning make, / Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. And the Leeds defence, led by the impressive Alex Bruce, was also in determined mood. Jonathan Howson had to clear a Sebastien Squillaci effort off his line and Becchio was also in the right place to hack clear after a goalmouth scramble. Antonyms sortie (military) An offensive military mission. Used originally to mean an attack from a fortress, but most commonly used today to describe a single mission by a military aircraft. (transitive) To sally. Derived terms scrambled eggs A dish made by beating and frying eggs, sometimes mixed with milk.

shunt

v. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To turn away or aside. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages etc from one train to another. To divert electric current by providing an alternative path. To divert the flow of a body fluid using surgery. To move data in memory to a physical disk. (informal, UK) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car. To provide with a shunt. n. A switch on a railway A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electric circuit A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass (informal, UK) A minor collision (firearms) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

shun

v. (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently. (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). (transitive) To screen, hide. (transitive) To shove, push. Acrophobes shun mountaineering. British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.

repeal

v. (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul. To recall; to summon (a person) again. To suppress; to repel. n. An act or instance of repealing. to repeal a law The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, / And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Whence Adam soon repealed / The doubts that in his heart arose.

render / rendition

v. (transitive) To cause to become. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of. (transitive) To translate into another language. (transitive) To pass down. (transitive) To make over as a return. (transitive) To give; to give back. to give up; to yield; to surrender. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking. (construction) To cover a wall with a film of cement or plaster. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc. (nautical) To yield or give way. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. n. A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls. (computer graphics) An image produced by rendering a model. (obsolete) A surrender. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent. (obsolete) An account given; a statement. [...] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking. rendition n. (now rare) The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.). (now rare) The handing-over of a person or thing. Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work. (law, chiefly US) Formal deliverance of a verdict. (law, chiefly US) The handing-over someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction; extradition. An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. A given visual reproduction of something. v. (transitive) To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another. Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials. The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts. Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.

redirect

v. (transitive) To give new direction to, change the direction of. (transitive) To instruct to go, inquire ... elsewhere (computing, transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location. n. A redirection. (law) An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination. (computing) A substitution of an address or identifier for another one

relinquish

v. (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release. (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession. (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc. But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish. The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction

resuscitate

v. to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness. But they will hardly resuscitate a profession in crisis. Both swore to avenge the dead and resuscitate the living. The company that killed the electric car is ready to resuscitate it. relatate: resuscitable, adjective resuscitation, noun resuscitative, adjective nonresuscitable, adjective nonresuscitation, noun

rehabilitate

v. (transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.] (transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.). [from 18th c.] (transitive) To return (something) to its original condition. [from 19th c.] (transitive, North America) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again. [from 19th c.] (transitive) To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain. [from 19th c.] (transitive) To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction etc. [from 19th c.] (intransitive) To go through such a process; to recover. [from 20th c.] Attempts to rehabilitate liberals on this point are futile. It's in their DNA. I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the other side, in the middle of the other side, away from everything else on the other side, in parenthesis, capital letters, quotated, read the following words: ("KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?")

reiterate

v. (transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis. (transitive) to say or do (something) repeatedly adj. Reiterated; repeated. He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment." That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation. Usage notes Although iterate and reiterate are similar, iterate indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while reiterate indicates a more general repetition. Synonyms repeat Related reiterated reiteration reiterative reiteratively reiterator

smother

v. (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of. (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air: as, to smother a fire with ashes. (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish; stifle; cover up; conceal; hide: as, the committee's report was smothered. (transitive) In cookery: to cook in a close dish: as, beefsteak smothered with onions. (transitive) To daub or smear. (intransitive) To be suffocated. (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like. (intransitive) Of a fire: to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder. (intransitive) Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed. (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away. n. That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly Smoldering; slow combustion Cookware used in such cooking The state of being stifled; suppression. Stifling smoke; thick dust. (Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see above). Emmanuel Adebayor's touch proved a fraction heavy as he guided Van der Vaart's exquisite long ball round John Ruddy, before the goalkeeper did well to smother Bale's shot from Modric's weighted pass. not to keep their suspicions in smother

retrieve

v. (transitive) to recover or regain: (transitive)to bring back to a former and better state; restore: (transitive)to make amends for: (transitive)to make good; repair: (transitive)Hunting. (of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game). (transitive)to draw back or reel in (a fishing line). (transitive)to rescue; save. (intransitive) Hunting. to retrieve game. (intransitive) to retrieve a fishing line. n. an act of retrieving; recovery. the possibility of recovery. Related forms retrievable, adjective retrievability, noun nonretrievable, adjective unretrievable, adjective unretrieved, adjective If you're not logged in, private messages stay in your message box until you log in and retrieve them. The device was developed to help astronauts repair or retrieve orbiting satellites. The earliest versions were probably twigs used to retrieve food from cooking pots.

shatter

v. (transitive) to violently break something into pieces. (transitive) to destroy or disable something. (intransitive) to smash, or break into tiny pieces. (transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat (obsolete) To scatter about. n. (archaic) A fragment of anything shattered. The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks. a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning. The marriage, of course, was long broken but Munoz knew that asking her for a divorce would shatter her.

refrain

v. (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back. (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain. (transitive, now rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink). n. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

reimburse

v. To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf. The company will reimburse your expenses for the business trip. Etymology 1610s, re- ("back") +‎ imburse ("pay") (imburse (literally "put in a purse"), circa 1530, now obsolete), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- ("in") + borser ("to get money"), from borse ("purse"), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).

rekindle

v. To kindle once again. To revive. After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.

reinstate

v. To restore somebody to a former position or rank. To bring back into use or existence.

skimp / skimpy

v. To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. To save; to be parsimonious or stingy. adj. (dated, UK, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty. n. A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing. (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear. I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh. While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself. skimpy adj. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing. n. (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing. [From 1988.] Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini? They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.

revile

verb (used with object), reviled, reviling. 1.to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively. verb (used without object), reviled, reviling. 2.to speak abusively. They revile government, but they adore hierarchy and order. Relish it or revile it, everyone agrees that the bill is historic. We may revile him, rightly, for his cynicism and selfishness. Related forms revilement, noun reviler, noun revilingly, adverb unreviled, adjective unreviling, adjective Synonyms 1. abuse, vilify, vituperate, berate, disparage.

revoke

verb (used with object), revoked, revoking. 1.to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree. 2.to bring or summon back. verb (used without object), revoked, revoking. 3.Cards. to fail to follow suit when possible and required; renege. noun 4.Cards. an act or instance of revoking. Synonyms 1. retract, recall; nullify, countermand. Related forms revocable revocation revoker, noun revokingly, adverb unrevoked, adjective

rip

verb (used with object), ripped, ripping. 1. to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: 2. to cut or tear away in a rough or vigorous manner: 3. to saw (wood) in the direction of the grain. 4. Digital Technology. to copy (audio or video files from a CD, DVD, or website) to a hard drive or mobile device, typically by extracting the raw data and changing the file format in the process: verb (used without object), ripped, ripping. 5. to become torn apart or split open: 6. Informal. to move with violence or great speed: noun 7. a rent made by ripping; tear. 8. Slang. a cheat, swindle, or theft; ripoff: Verb phrases 9. rip into, Informal. to attack physically or verbally; assail. 10. rip off, Slang. to steal or pilfer. to rob or steal from. to swindle, cheat, or exploit; take advantage of: 11. rip out, Informal. to utter angrily, as with an oath or exclamation. Idioms 12. let rip, Slang. to utter a series of oaths; swear. to speak or write violently, rapidly, or at great length. to allow to proceed at full speed or without restraint. noun 1. a stretch of turbulent water at sea or in a river. noun, Informal. 1. a dissolute or worthless person. 2. a worthless or worn-out horse. 3. something of little or no value.

roam

verb (used without object) 1. to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world. verb (used with object) 2. to wander over or through: to roam the countryside. noun 3. an act or instance of roaming; a ramble. Related forms roamer, noun unroaming, adjective Synonyms 1. stray, stroll, prowl. Roam, ramble, range, rove imply wandering about over (usually) a considerable amount of territory. Roam implies a wandering or traveling over a large area, especially as prompted by restlessness or curiosity: to roam through a forest.Ramble implies pleasant, carefree moving about, walking with no specific purpose and for a limited distance: to ramble through fields near home.Range usually implies wandering over a more or less defined but extensive area in search of something: Cattle range over the plains.Rove sometimes implies wandering with specific incentive or aim, as an animal for prey: Bandits rove through these mountains. We roam to opposite corners of the globe knowing that friends and colleagues can reach us by dialing a single number. Anniversaries are one of the few occasions at which a nostalgic impulse should be left to roam unfettered. These tough animals are solitary, and they need a lot of room to roam.

reverberate

verb (used without object), reverberated, reverberating. 1.to reecho or resound: 2.Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space. 3.to rebound or recoil. 4.to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace. verb (used with object), reverberated, reverberating. 5.to echo back or reecho (sound). 6.to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.). 7.to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace. adjective 8.reverberant. Her singing reverberated through the house. Tsunamis are so persistent that they can reverberate through an ocean for days, bouncing back and forth between continents. The music is cranked, and squeals of delight reverberate -you might as well be at some über-cool underground lounge. All it's going to do is reverberate around the office that so and so made a mistake and so and so is angry at them. Related forms reverberative, adjective reverberator, noun unreverberated, adjective unreverberating, adjective unreverberative, adjective