Words List

serving to admonish or warn; giving advice or caution.

Talkative or inclined to talk a lot; chattering or garrulous.

Not able to be felt or touched; unable to be perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.

A metal container designed to hold burning coals or other fuel, typically used for heating a room.

To make morally bad or evil; to vitiate; to corrupt.

Showing great attention to detail and strict adherence to formalities or proper conduct.

In geometry, to stretch under or be positioned opposite to, such as a chord subtending an arc.

Lacking emotion; showing no feelings, indifference, or a lack of responsiveness.

In ancient Roman baths, a room equipped with an unheated water bath.

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

To repay or return for services, benefits, or similar actions.

The art or work of poetic composition.

To expel matter, such as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting.

Characterized by extravagantly chivalrous or romantic ideals; visionary, impractical, or impracticable in a whimsical or idealistic way.

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.

A device that measures the brightness, color, and other characteristics of light by comparing it to a standard light source.

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 carefully see something that is unclear or distant; to discern or espy by looking attentively.

A compulsion characterized by the urge to set things on fire.

The feeling of strong dislike or disgust; the state of being repulsive.

Exceeding the usual or expected number; additional or extra.

Inclined to interfere or intrude into the affairs of others; someone who often meddles or gets involved in things that don't concern them.

A formal act of saying goodbye or bidding farewell.

To cover or wrap something in order to reduce or block the sound, as exemplified by muffling drums.

To see something in the distance; to catch sight of.

A clever and amusing remark or sentence.

To openly declare or confess; assert one's beliefs or opinions without hesitation.

A person who claims to predict future events.

A person, particularly a child, without a home or friends.