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.