Words List

Approval or commendation; a positive judgment or favorable opinion.

Intense warmth of emotion or passion; a strong and fervent enthusiasm or eagerness.

A bitter and sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism; repeated verbal assaults or condemnations directed towards someone or something.

A strong feeling of hostility, hatred, or ill will towards someone; a state of deep-seated animosity or antagonism.

Something created with the intention to deceive or defraud others. The Piltdown man, for example, was a scientific hoax.

A garment worn around the neck for warmth.

In astronomy, nadir refers to the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.

A tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference.

The quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence.

The consistent practice of telling the truth in speech or statements; truthfulness.

A batter cake with a gridlike pattern of deep indentations on each side, created by the design on the hinged parts of a metal appliance called a waffle iron, in which the cake is baked.