Words List

A person who is in the process of learning the letters of the alphabet.

To suddenly and secretly leave, especially to avoid being caught or facing legal consequences.

Pertaining to optics, lacking or without color; specifically, being free from the effects of chromatic aberration, resulting in the reproduction of colors without distortion in images.

To transform into reality; to bring into existence or make something happen.

To cause confusion or become confused.

A type of drawing that presents a distorted image which appears in its correct form when viewed from a particular angle or reflected from a curved surface.

To stimulate or intensify the instinctual and primitive aspects of behavior, often resulting in a loss of civility or refinement; to debase or brutalize by arousing animalistic passions.

Relating to or belonging to the time before the Flood, as described in Genesis 7 and 8.

The branch of anthropology that describes the varieties of humankind and their geographical distribution.

Opposed, averse, or contrary; displaying antipathy.

A story or fable that aims to teach a moral lesson; a didactic narrative.

An arachnid is a wingless, carnivorous arthropod belonging to the class Arachnida. This class includes spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs. Arachnids have a body divided into two parts—the cephalothorax and the abdomen—and are characterized by eight appendages and the absence of antennae. Compare with insects.

Having the appearance or form of an arch.

To make something aromatic or fragrant.

Harshness or sharpness in tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony.

The practice or art of an augur; the act of divination.

Absolute sovereignty or self-government within a specific area or domain.

To openly acknowledge or assert something with confidence and certainty.

In anatomy, the axilla refers to the armpit.

To deceive or trick someone through flattery, humbug, or similar tactics; often followed by "into."

causing harm or destruction; harmful and damaging.

A marine crustacean belonging to the subclass Cirripedia. Barnacles typically have a calcareous shell and can be either stalked, attaching themselves to ship bottoms and floating timber (known as goose barnacle), or stalkless, attaching to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone (known as rock barnacle or acorn barnacle).

A flashy and often inexpensive decorative item; a trinket or ornament used for show rather than practical use.

To prevent a sailing vessel from moving by depriving it of the wind; causing a state of calm or stillness in the surrounding air.

To smear or spread something, typically a substance, all over a surface, resulting in a soiled or besmeared appearance.

Tardy or late.

Lacking intellectual or moral enlightenment; in a state of ignorance or unenlightenment.

The quality of being kind and gentle.

To soil, tarnish, or discolor.

To request or reserve something in advance; for example, to ask for beforehand, as in bespeaking someone's patience or a service.