# groups

grp: new
wordnet:
adj
	1. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
	2. original and of a kind not seen before
	Synonyms: fresh, novel.
	3. lacking training or experience
	Synonyms: raw.
	4. having no previous example or precedent or parallel
	Synonyms: unexampled.
	5. other than the former one(s); different
	6. unaffected by use or exposure
	7. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
	Synonyms: newfangled.
	8. in use after medieval times
	Synonyms: New.
	9. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
	Synonyms: Modern, New.
	10. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
	Synonyms: young.
	11. unfamiliar
adv
	1. very recently
	Synonyms: newly, freshly, fresh.


grp: concise
wordnet: adj 1. expressing much in few words
webster:
Concise \Con*cise'\, a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of
   concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin
   to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.]
   Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and
   compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
   [1913 Webster]

         The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
         leaves somewhat to be understood.        --B. Jonson.
   [1913 Webster]

         Where the author is . . . too brief and concise,
         amplify a little.                        --I. Watts.

   Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary;
        succinct. See {Laconic}, and {Terse}.
        [1913 Webster]


grp: enervate
wordnet:
verb
	1. weaken mentally or morally
	2. disturb the composure of
	Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle.

wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
(verb): IPA: /ˌɛn.ə(ɹ)ˈveɪt/ SAMPA: /%En.@(r)'veIt/ (UK)

(adjective): IPA: /ˈɛn.ə(ɹ).vət/ {{SAMPA|/'En.@(r).v@t/} (UK)
#Verb
to enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates,
present participle enervating, simple past and past participle
enervated)

1. (transitive) To reduce strength or energy;
debilitate.

2. (transitive) To weaken morally or mentally.

3. (transitive) To unnerve or faze.

4. (medicine) To partially or completely remove a nerve.
	#Synonyms
	(reduce strength): debilitate, weaken
	#Antonyms
	(reduce strength): strengthen, revive
	
	(reduce morally, mentally): bolster
#Adjective
enervate (comparative more enervate, superlative
most enervate)

1. Made feeble; weakened.


grp: moving
wordnet:
verb
	1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
	Synonyms: travel, go, move, locomote.
	2. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
	Synonyms: move, displace.
	3. move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
	Synonyms: move.
	4. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
	Synonyms: move.
	5. follow a procedure or take a course
	Synonyms: go, proceed, move.
	6. be in a state of action
	Synonyms: be_active, move.
	7. go or proceed from one point to another
	Synonyms: move.
	8. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
	Synonyms: act, move.
	9. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	Synonyms: affect, impress, move, strike.
	10. give an incentive for action
	Synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite.
	11. arouse sympathy or compassion in
	Synonyms: move.
	12. dispose of by selling
	Synonyms: move.
	13. progress by being changed
	Synonyms: move, go, run.
	14. live one's life in a specified environment
	Synonyms: move.
	15. have a turn; make one's move in a game
	Synonyms: move, go.
	16. propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
	Synonyms: move, make_a_motion.
adj
	1. in motion
	2. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
	3. used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion

webster:
Move \Move\ (m[=oo]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moved} (m[=oo]vd);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Moving}.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F.
   mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange,
   go in or out, quit, Skr. m[imac]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move,
   push. Cf. {Emotion}, {Mew} to molt, {Mob}, {Mutable},
   {Mutiny}.]
   1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set
      in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place
      to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a
      vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from
      one space or position to another on a playing board,
      according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to
      rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to
      influence.
      [1913 Webster]

            Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
                                                  --Knolles.
      [1913 Webster]

            No female arts his mind could move.   --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to
      excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically;
      to excite, as an emotion. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
            compassion on them.                   --Matt. ix.
                                                  36.
      [1913 Webster]

            [The use of images] in orations and poetry is to
            move pity or terror.                  --Felton.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose
      formally for consideration and determination, in a
      deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be
      adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
      [1913 Webster]

            Let me but move one question to your daughter.
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline
            war upon particular respects.         --Hayward.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence;
        actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite;
        induce; incline; propose; offer.
        [1913 Webster]


Moving \Mov'ing\, a.
   1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
      moving car, or power.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move
      the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching;
      pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
      [1913 Webster]

            I sang an old moving story.           --Coleridge.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
      deflects the motion of a body.

   {Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
      gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
      distinct automatic motion.
      [1913 Webster]


Moving \Mov'ing\, n.
   The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
   changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Moving day}, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
      number of tenants change their dwelling place.
      [1913 Webster]


grp: cheat
wordnet:
noun
	1. weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
	Synonyms: darnel, tare, bearded_darnel, Lolium_temulentum.
	2. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
	Synonyms: chess, Bromus_secalinus.
	3. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	Synonyms: deceiver, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker.
	4. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	Synonyms: swindle, rig.
	5. a deception for profit to yourself
	Synonyms: cheating.
verb
	1. deprive somebody of something by deceit
	Synonyms: rip_off, chisel.
	2. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	Synonyms: chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey.
	3. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	Synonyms: chisel.
	4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
	Synonyms: cheat_on, cuckold, betray, wander.


# word_groups

word: sap
grp: enervate
accuracy: 24:54
wordnet:
noun
	1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
	2. a person who lacks good judgment
	Synonyms: fool, saphead, muggins, tomfool.
	3. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
	Synonyms: blackjack, cosh.
verb
	1. deplete
	Synonyms: run_down, exhaust, play_out, tire.
	2. excavate the earth beneath

webster:
Sap \Sap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sapping}.] [F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a
   sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.]
   1. To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to
      undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
      [1913 Webster]

            Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods,
            Their houses fell upon their household gods.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
      [1913 Webster]

            Ring out the grief that saps the mind. --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster]


Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. saep; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi;
   of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to
   be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid},
   {Sapient}.]
   1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending
      and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to
      nutrition.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of
         which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the
         elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang]
      [1913 Webster]

   {Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus.
      See {Polyporus}.

   {Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the
      juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or
      buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.
      

   {Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}.

   {Sap sucker} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
      American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus},
      especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({Sphyrapicus
      varius}) of the Eastern United States. They are so named
      because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the
      sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers.

   {Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.
      [1913 Webster]


Sap \Sap\, v. i.
   To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute
   saps. --W. P. Craighill.
   [1913 Webster]

         Both assaults are carried on by sapping. --Tatler.
   [1913 Webster]


Sap \Sap\, n. (Mil.)
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Sap fagot} (Mil.), a fascine about three feet long, used in
      sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before
      the parapet is made.

   {Sap roller} (Mil.), a large gabion, six or seven feet long,
      filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls
      along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
      [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
IPA: /sæp/

Rhymes: -æp
#Etymology 1
From Old English sæp, from West Proto-Germanic
sap(p)om. Cognate with German Saft, Dutch sap, Icelandic
safi; of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps compare Latin sapere
(“to taste, to be wise”), sapa (“must or new wine boiled thick”); see
also sapid, sapient.


This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the
origin of this word, please add it to the page as described here.

Particularly: “etymology of saphead sense fails”
	#Noun
	Wikipedia has an article on:
	
	Sap
	
	Wikipedia sap (countable and uncountable; plural
	saps)
	
	1. (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind,
	especially the ascending and descending juices or
	circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
	
	2. (uncountable) The sap-wood, or alburnum, of a tree.
	
	3. (slang, countable) A simpleton; a saphead; a
	milksop; a naive person.
		#Derived terms
		terms derived from sap
		
		crude sap
		
		elaborated sap
		
		sap ball
		
		sap green
		
		saphead
		
		sapling
		
		sap poison
		
		sap rot
		
		sapsucker
		
		sap tube
#Etymology 2
Probably from sapling.
	#Noun
	sap (plural saps)
	
	1. (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-
	covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
	
	
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	suitable image on Wikimedia Commons or upload one yourself!
	#Verb
	to sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present
	participle sapping, simple past and past participle
	sapped)
	
	1. (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a
	blackjack).
#Etymology 3
From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian
zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin
sappa (“sort of mattock”).
	#Noun
	sap (plural saps)
	
	1. (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.
		#Derived terms
		sap fagot
		
		sap roller
		
		sapper
	#Verb
	to sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present
	participle sapping, simple past and past participle
	sapped)
	
	1. (transitive) To subvert by digging or [wearing
	away]; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the
	foundation of.
	
	(Can we date this quote?) John Dryden
	
	Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, / Their houses
	fell upon their household gods.
	
	2. (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
	
	3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to
	weaken.
	
	1850, Alfred Tennyson, Ring, Out, Wild Bells
	
	Ring out the grief that saps the mind,/
	
	4. (transitive) To gradually weaken.
	
	to sap one’s conscience
	
	5. (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly
	undermining; to execute saps — 12
	
	(Can we date this quote?) The Tatler
	
	Both assaults carried on by sapping.


word: amortize
grp: new
wordnet: verb 1. liquidate gradually Synonyms: amortise.
accuracy: 37:82
webster:
Amortize \A*mor'tize\, v. t. [OE. amortisen, LL. amortisare,
   admortizare, F. amortir to sell in mortmain, to extinguish;
   L. ad + mors death. See {Mortmain}].
   1. To make as if dead; to destroy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law) To alienate in mortmain, that is, to convey to a
      corporation. See {Mortmain}.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of
      a sinking fund.
      [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Verb
to amortize (third-person singular simple present amortizes,
present participle amortizing, simple past and past participle
amortized)

1. (transitive) To decrease an amount gradually or
in installments, especially in order to write off an
expenditure or liquidate a debt.

He obtained a mortgage with the interest payments amortized over the
life of the loan.


word: apotheosis
grp: new
accuracy: 31:74
wordnet:
noun
	1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
	Synonyms: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, nonesuch, nonsuch.
	2. the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
	Synonyms: deification, exaltation.

webster:
Apotheosis \Ap`o*the'o*sis\ ([a^]p`[-o]*th[=e]'[-o]*s[i^]s;
   277), n. pl. {Apotheoses} ([a^]p`[-o]*th[=e]'[-o]*s[=e]z).
   [L., fr. Gr. 'apoqe`wsis, fr. 'apoqewy^n to deify; 'apo` from
   + qewy^n to deify, qeo`s a god.]
   1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing
      him among, 'the gods;' deification.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Glorification; exaltation. 'The apotheosis of chivalry.'
      --Prescott. 'The noisy apotheosis of liberty and
      machinery.' --F. Harrison.
      [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις, from verb ἀποθεόω (“deify”)
(factitive verb formed from θεός (“God”) with intensive prefix
ἀπο-).
#Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/

(US) IPA: /əˌpɑː.θiˈoʊ.sɪs/

Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
#Noun
apotheosis (plural apotheoses)

1. The fact or action of becoming a god; deification.

1986, SRF Price, Rituals and Power, p. 75:

In Rome itself the official position was clear: the apotheosis of the
emperor took place only after his death; this had to be officially recognized
by the Senate, and only then did the emperor become a divus with an official
cult.

2002, CE Newlands, Statius' Silvae and the Politics of Empire, p.
176:

As a former mortal who underwent apotheosis, Hercules was important to
the emperors.

2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone with
extraordinary power or status.

1974, Per Lord Hailsham, Smedleys Ltd v Breed 2 All ER
21(HL) at 24:

Thereafter, the caterpillar achieved a sort of posthumous apotheosis.
From local authority to the Dorchester magistrates, from the Dorchester
magistrates to a Divisional Court presided over by the Lord Chief Justice of
England, from the Lord Chief Justice to the House of Lords, the immolated
insect has at length plodded its methodical way to the highest tribunal in the
land.

3. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or
pinnacle (of a concept or belief).

1925, William Carlos Williams, 'Edgar Allan Poe', In The American
Grain, 1990, p. 232:

In his despair he had nowhere to turn. It is the very apotheosis of
the place and the time.

4. Loosely, release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.

1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing —
straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!

5. (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's
psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and
superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.


word: apogee
grp: new
accuracy: 24:45
wordnet:
noun
	1. a final climactic stage
	Synonyms: culmination.
	2. apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth

wiktionary:
#Etymology
Via Latin apogaeum and French apogée from Ancient Greek
ἀπόγειον (“away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apo, “away”) + γῆ
(gē, “Earth”).
#Pronunciation
### edit] Noun

apogee (plural apogees)

1. (astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Earth that
is most distant from the Earth.

2. (astronomy) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) More
generally, the point in an orbit that is most distant from the center.

3. The highest point.

2004 March 22, The New Yorker:

The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-
nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as
to embody them.
	#Synonyms
	(point in an orbit): apocenter, apoapsis
	
	(highest point or state): acme, culmination, pinnacle,
	zenith, climax
	
	See also Wikisaurus:apex
	#Antonyms
	(a point in an orbit): perigee
	
	(a point in an orbit around the Earth): perigee
	
	(highest point): nadir, perigee
	
	perigee is the etymological antonym (from Ancient Greek).


word: ghetto
grp: new
accuracy: 24:48
wordnet:
noun
	1. formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
	2. any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
	3. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Italian (Venetian dialect), ghèto (“foundry”).
#Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ
#Noun
ghetto (plural ghettos or ghettoes)

1. The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.

The Jews of Venice were confined to the ghèto, in what is now the
Arsenale district

2. A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are
congregated, usually voluntarily.

The Castro district of San Francisco is a gay ghetto.

Beverley Hills is the ghetto of L.A.'s glitterati.

The term Chinatown denotes a Chinese Ghetto.

3. An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by
members of one ethnic or religious group.

Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville are often cited as African-American
ghettos in New York City.
	#Derived terms
	ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster
	
	ghettoise - ghettoize


word: ghastly
grp: new
accuracy: 10:14
wordnet:
adj
	1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
	Synonyms: grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick.
	2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
	Synonyms: charnel, sepulchral.

wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/

(US) IPA: /ˈɡæs(t).li/
#Adjective
ghastly (comparative ghastlier, superlative
ghastliest)

1. Horrifyingly shocking.

2. Extremely bad.

The play was simply ghastly.


word: bucolic
grp: new
accuracy: 10:15
wordnet:
noun
	1. a country person
	Synonyms: peasant, provincial.
	2. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
	Synonyms: eclogue, idyll, idyl.
adj
	1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
	Synonyms: arcadian, pastoral.
	2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
	Synonyms: pastoral.

wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
(UK) enPR: byo͞okŏʹlĭk, IPA: /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/, SAMPA:
/bju'kQlIk/

(US) enPR: byo͞okäʹlĭk, IPA: /bjuˈkɑːlɪk/, SAMPA:
/bju'kAlIk/

Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

Hyphenation: bu‧col‧ic
#Etymology 1
From Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός
(boukolikos, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”), from
βουκόλος (boukolos, “cowherd”), from βοῦς (bous, “cow”) +
-κολος (-colos, “keeper, tender”) + -ικός (-icos, “-ic”).
	#Adjective
	bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most
	bucolic)
	
	1. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
	
	2. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
#Etymology 2
From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus
	#Noun
	bucolic (plural bucolics)
	
	1. A pastoral poem.
	
	2. A rustic, peasant


word: pastoral
grp: new
accuracy: 15:37
wordnet:
noun
	1. a musical composition that evokes rural life
	Synonyms: pastorale, idyll, idyl.
	2. a letter from a pastor to the congregation
	3. a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
adj
	1. of or relating to a pastor
	2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
	3. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
	Synonyms: arcadian.

wiktionary:
#Etymology
Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix
-alis.
#Pronunciation
enPR: păs'tōr-al, IPA: /ˌpæsˈtɔːɹəl/
#Adjective
pastoral (comparative more pastoral, superlative
most pastoral)

1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes;
as, a pastoral life.


He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and
pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter

... these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of
smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth,
Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18.

2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as,
pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
	#Derived terms
	terms derived from pastoral (adjective)
	
	pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a
	shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or
	other prelate privileged to carry it. See Crook, and Crosier.
	
	pastoral theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties
	of pastors.
	
	pastoralism
	
	pastoralist
#Noun
pastoral (plural pastorals)

1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the
speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.

2. (music) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for
instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition
the subject of which is taken from rural life. Moore

3. (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge;
specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.

4. (religion, Christianity) A letter of the w:House of Bishops, to be
read in each parish.


word: ennui
grp: new
wordnet: noun 1. the feeling of being bored by something tedious Synonyms: boredom, tedium.
accuracy: 5:6
webster:
Ennui \En`nui'\, n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See {Annoy}.]
   A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of
   spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
   --T. Gray.
   [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From French ennui < Old French enui (“annoyance”) <
enuier (see ennuyer and annoy) < Vulgar Latin
inodiare < Latin odium (“hate”)
#Pronunciation
(RP) IPA: /ɒnˈwiː/

(US) IPA: /ɑnˈwi/

### edit] Noun

ennui (uncountable)

1. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by
boredom; depression.
	#Synonyms
	acedia
	
	weltschmerz


word: petulant
grp: new
accuracy: 5:9
wordnet:
adj
	1. easily irritated or annoyed
	Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy.

wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
IPA: /ˈpɛtʃələnt/, /ˈpɛtjələnt/, SAMPA: /'pEtS@l@nt/,
'pEtj@l@nt/
#Adjective
petulant (comparative more petulant, superlative
most petulant)

1. easily irritated or annoyed

Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.

2. huffy

3. snappish

4. irritable

5. grouchy

6. bad-tempered

7. ill-tempered
	#Antonyms
	easygoing


word: stoic
grp: new
accuracy: 4:7
details:
Origin Greek word 'Stoa' where the Greek philosopher Zeno gave lectures on how life should be led without any emotions.

wordnet:
noun
	1. a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
	Synonyms: Stoic.
	2. someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
	Synonyms: unemotional_person.
adj
	1. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
	Synonyms: stoical.
	2. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
	Synonyms: Stoic.

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin stoicus, from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (stōikos),
from ποικίλη στοά (poikilē stoa, “painted portico”), the portico in
Athens where Zeno was teaching.
#Pronunciation
Rhymes: -əʊɪk
#Noun
stoic (plural stoics)

1. Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 BCE up to about the
time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding
of the logos, or natural law, that one can be free of suffering.

2. a person indifferent to pleasure or pain

3. a student of Stowe School, England.
#Adjective
stoic (comparative more stoic, superlative most
stoic)

1. of or related to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism

2. not affected by pain or distress

3. not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress
	#Synonyms
	(not affected by pain or distress) apathetic, impassive,
	stoical
	
	(not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or
	distress) expressionless, impassive


word: tacit
grp: concise
wordnet: adj 1. implied by or inferred from actions or statements Synonyms: silent, understood.
accuracy: 5:9
webster:
Tacit \Tac'it\, a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to
   pass over in silence; akin to Goth. [thorn]ahan to be silent,
   Icel. [thorn]egja, OHG. dag[=e]n: cf. F. tacite. Cf.
   {Reticent}.]
   Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;
   as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not
   interposing an objection. -- {Tac'it*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

         The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in
         civil contracts.                         --Jer. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words,
assumed as a matter of course, silent”) < tacere (“to be silent”).
#Pronunciation
IPA: /ˈtæsɪt/

Rhymes: -æsɪt
#Adjective
tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most
tacit)

1. Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;
as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.

1983. ROSEN, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original &
Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.

He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer

2. (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on
induction rather than deduction.
	#Derived terms
	tacitly
	
	tacitness


word: terse
grp: concise
wordnet: adj 1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'" Synonyms: crisp, curt, laconic.
accuracy: 6:13
webster:
Concise \Con*cise'\, a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of
   concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin
   to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.]
   Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and
   compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
   [1913 Webster]

         The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but
         leaves somewhat to be understood.        --B. Jonson.
   [1913 Webster]

         Where the author is . . . too brief and concise,
         amplify a little.                        --I. Watts.

   Syn: Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary;
        succinct. See {Laconic}, and {Terse}.
        [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
(RP) IPA: /tɜːs/, SAMPA: /t3:s/

(CA, US) IPA: /tɝːs/, SAMPA: /t3:rs/

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
#Etymology
From the year 1599, from French ters (“clean”), from Latin tersus
(“cleansed; neat, spruce”), perfect passive participle of tergō (“I rub,
wipe, cleanse”).
#Adjective
terse (comparative terser, superlative
tersest)

1. (obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth;
fine, neat, spruce.

2. (of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.

He gave a terse, one-word answer.

Few writers were so terse.

3. Abruptly or brusquely short.
	#Synonyms
	abrupt
	
	brusque
	
	concise
	
	curt
	
	succinct
	
	laconic
	
	See also Wikisaurus:concise
	#Antonyms
	verbose
	
	prolix
	#Derived terms
	tersely
	
	terseness


word: precise
grp: concise
accuracy: 5:7
wordnet:
adj
	1. sharply exact or accurate or delimited
	2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
	Synonyms: accurate, exact.

webster:
Precise \Pre*cise'\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise,
   p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae
   before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr['e]cis. Cf. {Concise}.]
   1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined
      or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal;
      as, precise rules of morality.
      [1913 Webster]

            The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

            For the hour precise
            Exacts our parting hence.             --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or
      exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal;
      ceremonious. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

            He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous;
        punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See {Accurate}.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pre*cise'ly}, adv. --
        {Pre*cise'ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

wiktionary:
#Adjective
precise (comparative more precise, superlative most
precise)

1. exact, accurate

1921 Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind:

A memory is 'precise' when the occurrences that would verify it are
narrowly circumscribed: for instance, 'I met Jones' is precise as compared to
'I met a man.' A memory is 'accurate' when it is both precise and true, i.e.
in the above instance, if it was Jones I met.

2. (sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together,
agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the
true, correct, or accurate value.
	#Synonyms
	See also Wikisaurus:meticulous
	#Antonyms
	(exact, accurate): inexact, incorrect, imprecise
	
	(consistent): inconsistent, varying


word: ameliorate
grp: new
accuracy: 2:3
wordnet:
verb
	1. to make better
	Synonyms: better, improve, amend, meliorate.
	2. get better
	Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate.

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin melior (“better”)
#Pronunciation
IPA: /əˈmiːliəreɪt/

### edit] Verb

to ameliorate (third-person singular simple present
ameliorates, present participle ameliorating, simple
past and past participle ameliorated)

1. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal; to
solve a problem.

They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the
situation.
	#Synonyms
	See also Wikisaurus:improve


word: tangible
grp: new
accuracy: 5:6
wordnet:
adj
	1. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
	Synonyms: touchable.
	2. capable of being treated as fact
	Synonyms: real.
	3. (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
	4. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
	Synonyms: palpable.

wiktionary:
#Etymology
Latin tangibilis, from tangere, 'to touch'.
#Pronunciation
IPA: /ˈtæn.dʒə.bl/, SAMPA: /'t{n.dZ@.bl/
#Adjective
tangible (comparative more tangible, superlative
most tangible)

1. touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by
the sense of touch; palpable

2. possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete

3. comprehensible by the mind; understandable
#Noun
tangible (plural tangibles)

1. real or concrete results

Yes, but what are the tangibles?


word: agony
grp: new
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
	Synonyms: torment, torture.
	2. a state of acute pain
	Synonyms: suffering, excruciation.


word: mundane
grp: new
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
adj
	1. found in the ordinary course of events
	Synonyms: everyday, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday.
	2. concerned with the world or worldly matters
	Synonyms: terrestrial.
	3. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"
	Synonyms: terrene.


word: perigee
grp: new
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth


word: peripatetic
grp: moving
accuracy: 2:4
wordnet:
noun
	1. a person who walks from place to place
	2. a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
	Synonyms: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic.
adj
	1. of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
	Synonyms: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotelic.
	2. traveling especially on foot
	Synonyms: wayfaring.

webster:
Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet'ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr.
   ? to walk about; peri` about + ? to walk: cf. F.
   p['e]ripat['e]tique.]
   1. Walking about; itinerant.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle
      (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at
      Athens), or to his followers. 'The true peripatetic
      school.' --Howell.
      [1913 Webster]


Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet'ic\, n.
   1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
      [1913 Webster]


word: itinerant
grp: moving
accuracy: 2:3
wordnet:
noun
	1. a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
	Synonyms: gypsy, gipsy.
adj
	1. traveling from place to place to work

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From itinerāns, present active participle of itineror (“I
travel”).
#Adjective
itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative
most itinerant)

1. Habitually travelling from place to place.
	#Derived terms
	itinerant workers
#Noun
itinerant (plural itinerants)

1. One who travels from place to place.

2. (Irish) a member of the Travelling Community, whether settled
or not.


word: hi
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. an expression of greeting
	Synonyms: hello, hullo, howdy, how-do-you-do.
	2. a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
	Synonyms: Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha_State, HI.


word: go
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
	Synonyms: spell, tour, turn.
	2. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
	Synonyms: Adam, ecstasy, XTC, disco_biscuit, cristal, X, hug_drug.
	3. a usually brief attempt
	Synonyms: crack, fling, pass, whirl, offer.
	4. a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
	Synonyms: go_game.
verb
	1. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
	Synonyms: travel, move, locomote.
	2. follow a procedure or take a course
	Synonyms: proceed, move.
	3. move away from a place into another direction
	Synonyms: go_away, depart.
	4. enter or assume a certain state or condition
	Synonyms: become, get.
	5. be awarded; be allotted
	6. have a particular form
	Synonyms: run.
	7. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
	Synonyms: run, pass, lead, extend.
	8. follow a certain course
	Synonyms: proceed.
	9. be abolished or discarded
	10. be or continue to be in a certain condition
	11. make a certain noise or sound
	Synonyms: sound.
	12. perform as expected when applied
	Synonyms: function, work, operate, run.
	13. to be spent or finished
	Synonyms: run_low, run_short.
	14. progress by being changed
	Synonyms: move, run.
	15. continue to live through hardship or adversity
	Synonyms: survive, last, live, live_on, endure, hold_up, hold_out.
	16. pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
	17. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
	Synonyms: die, decease, perish, exit, pass_away, expire, pass, kick_the_bucket, cash_in_one's_chips, buy_the_farm, conk, give-up_the_ghost, drop_dead, pop_off, choke, croak, snuff_it.
	18. be in the right place or situation
	Synonyms: belong.
	19. be ranked or compare
	20. begin or set in motion
	Synonyms: start, get_going.
	21. have a turn; make one's move in a game
	Synonyms: move.
	22. be contained in
	23. be sounded, played, or expressed
	24. blend or harmonize
	Synonyms: blend, blend_in.
	25. lead, extend, or afford access
	Synonyms: lead.
	26. be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
	Synonyms: fit.
	27. go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
	Synonyms: rifle.
	28. be spent
	29. give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
	Synonyms: plump.
	30. stop operating or functioning
	Synonyms: fail, go_bad, give_way, die, give_out, conk_out, break, break_down.
adj
	1. functioning correctly and ready for action


word: charlatan
grp: cheat
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
	Synonyms: mountebank.

webster:
Charlatan \Char'la*tan\, n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano,
   fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It.
   zirlare to whistle like a thrush.]
   One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable
   pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
   [1913 Webster] Charlatanic


word: virago
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
	2. a large strong and aggressive woman
	Synonyms: amazon.


word: ascetic
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
	Synonyms: abstainer.
adj
	1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
	Synonyms: ascetical.
	2. practicing great self-denial
	Synonyms: ascetical, austere, spartan.


word: abnegate
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
verb
	1. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
	Synonyms: deny.
	2. surrender (power or a position)
	3. deny or renounce


word: bovine
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. any of various members of the genus Bos
adj
	1. of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
	Synonyms: bovid.
	2. dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox


word: negate
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
verb
	1. be in contradiction with
	Synonyms: contradict, belie.
	2. deny the truth of
	Synonyms: contradict, contravene.
	3. prove negative; show to be false
	Synonyms: contradict.
	4. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
	Synonyms: neutralize, neutralise, nullify.


word: mendicant
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
	Synonyms: friar.
	2. a pauper who lives by begging
	Synonyms: beggar.
adj
	1. practicing beggary

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”).
#Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA: /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/

### edit] Adjective

mendicant (not comparable)

1. Depending on alms for a living.

2. Of or pertaining to a beggar.

3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own
property, and who must beg for a living.
#Noun
mendicant (plural mendicants)

1. A beggar.

2. A religious friar forbidden to own personal
property who begs for a living.


word: misanthropist
grp: no-category
wordnet: noun 1. someone who dislikes people in general Synonyms: misanthrope.
accuracy: 1:1
wiktionary:
#Noun
misanthropist (plural misanthropists)

1. A misanthrope; a person who hates all mankind; a person who hates
the human species.
	#Antonyms
	altruist
	
	philanthropist


word: equity
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
	2. the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
	3. conformity with rules or standards
	Synonyms: fairness.

wiktionary:
#Etymology
Latin 'aequĭtas' was used by Romans with the same meaning as Greek 'ἐπιείκια'
which is the virtue of reduce Law's hardship when rigorousness would become
unjust (Aristo. Ethics Book V). Aequĭtas was also the name of the fair
trade's godness. Ref. Websters dictionary] Wikipedia].
#Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /ˈɛk.wɪ.ti/
#Noun
Wikipedia has an article on:

Equity

Wikipedia equity (countable and uncountable; plural
equities)

1. ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

2. (law) a legal tradition that deals with remedies other than monetary
relief, such as injunctions, divorces and similar actions.

3. (law) The value of property minus liens or other
encumbrances.

4. (accounting) the ownership interest in a company as determined by
subtracting liabilities from assets.

5. justice, impartiality and fairness


word: benevolent
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
adj
	1. intending or showing kindness
	2. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
	Synonyms: charitable, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted.
	3. generous in providing aid to others
	Synonyms: freehearted.
	4. generous in assistance to the poor
	Synonyms: beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic.


word: harangue
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
	Synonyms: rant, ranting.
verb
	1. deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

wiktionary:
#Etymology
Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian
aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare 'speak in
public' (modern Italian arringare), from aringo 'public assembly',
from Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (hriggs)], akin to Old High German
hring 'ring' ( > German Ring).
#Pronunciation
IPA: /həˈræŋ/, /həˈreɪŋ/, SAMPA: /h@'r{N/ (US)

Rhymes: -æŋ

Hyphenation: ha‧rangue
#Noun
harangue (plural harangues)

1. An impassioned, disputatious public speech.

2. A tirade or rant, whether spoken or written.

She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the
street.

The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness,
making the entire service run late.

1895, Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, Ch X:

But he continued his harangue without waiting for a reply.
	#Synonyms
	(tirade or rant): admonition, condemnation, criticism,
	diatribe, rant, tirade
#Verb
to harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues,
present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle
harangued)

1. (transitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or
criticism to someone.

The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver.

1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Ch XV:

This picture of her consequence had some effect, for no one loved better
to lead than Maria; and with far more good-humour she answered, 'I am much
obliged to you, Edmund; you mean very well, I am sure: but I still think you
see things too strongly; and I really cannot undertake to harangue all the
rest upon a subject of this kind. There would be the greatest indecorum, I
think.'
	#Synonyms
	admonish, berate, lecture


word: chicanery
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
	Synonyms: trickery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan.

wiktionary:
#Etymology
From French chicanerie (“trickery”) from chicaner.
#Pronunciation
(UK) IPA: /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nɹ.i/, SAMPA: /SI'keI.n@r.I/

(US) IPA: /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nə.ɹi/

### edit] Noun

chicanery (countable and uncountable; plural
chicaneries)

1. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

2. (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.
	#Synonyms
	dishonesty
	
	fraud
	
	trickery
	
	subterfuge


word: bellicose
grp: no-category
wordnet: adj 1. having or showing a ready disposition to fight Synonyms: battleful, combative.
accuracy: 1:1
wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin bellicus.
#Adjective
bellicose

1. Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.

2. Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
	#Synonyms
	See also Wikisaurus:combative
	#Derived terms
	bellicosity


word: burgeon
grp: no-category
wordnet: verb 1. grow and flourish
accuracy: 1:1
wiktionary:
#Pronunciation
(RP) IPA: /ˈbɜː.d​͡ʒən/, SAMPA: /'b3:.dZ@n/

(US) IPA: /ˈbɝː.d​͡ʒən/

Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒən
#Etymology 1
From Middle English burjon, burioun 'shoot, bud' from [Anglo-
Norman] burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French
burjon 'a bud'), of Germanic origin, from Frankish burjo
'sprout, offshoot, descendant' from Proto-Germanic burjōn
(“sprout, descendant, offshoot”) from Proto-Germanic biranan
(“to carry, bear”) from Proto-Indo-European bhere-,
bhrē- (“to bear”). Akin to Old High German burjan 'to
push up, raise', Old English byrian 'to come up, occur', [Old
English] byre 'child, son, descendant'. More at bear.
	#Noun
	burgeon (plural burgeons)
	
	1. (obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot
#Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French borjoner,
burjoner (“to bud', 'to sprout”), from burjon (“a bud”), of
uncertain origin, perhaps from Gmc.
	#Verb
	to burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons,
	present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle
	burgeoned)
	
	1. (intransitive) To grow or expand.
	
	Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
	
	2. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.
	
	3. (intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
		#Synonyms
		(grow or expand): blossom, expand, grow, sprout
		
		(bloom, bud): blossom, bud, green, sprout


word: nascent
grp: no-category
wordnet: adj 1. being born or beginning
accuracy: 1:1
wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin nascēns, present participle of nascor (“I am born”).
#Pronunciation
(RP, US) IPA: /ˈneɪ.sənt/, /ˈnæs.ənt/, SAMPA:
/'neI.s@nt/, /'n{s.@nt/

,
#Adjective
nascent (not comparable)

1. Emerging; just coming into existence.

India has a nascent space industry.

2. (chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is
generated from some compound.
	#Synonyms
	(emerging): emergent, emerging, immature,
	inchoate, incipient, young
	#Derived terms
	Terms derived from nascent
	
	nascent hydrogen
	
	nascent proteins


word: ersatz
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
adj
	1. artificial and inferior
	Synonyms: substitute.


word: rebuke
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. an act or expression of criticism and censure
	Synonyms: reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand.
verb
	1. censure severely or angrily
	Synonyms: call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast.


word: frugal
grp: no-category
wordnet: adj 1. avoiding waste Synonyms: economical, scotch, sparing, stinting.
accuracy: 1:1
wiktionary:
#Etymology
From Latin frugalis 'virtuous, thrifty'
#Pronunciation
IPA: /ˈfruːɡəl/

Rhymes: -uːɡəl
#Adjective
frugal (comparative more frugal, superlative most
frugal)

1. Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else
which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.

1776 Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the
Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter III:

By what a frugal man annually saves, he not only affords maintenance
to an additional number of productive hands, for that or the ensuing year, but
also establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal
number in all times to come.
	#Synonyms
	cheap
	
	economical
	
	thrifty
	
	See also Wikisaurus:frugal
	#Antonyms
	spendthrift
	
	prodigal
	
	lavish
	#Derived terms
	frugality


word: ghettoize
grp: no-category
wordnet: verb 1. put in a ghetto Synonyms: ghettoise.
accuracy: 1:2
wiktionary:
#Verb
to ghettoize (third-person singular simple present ghettoizes,
present participle ghettoizing, simple past and past participle
ghettoized)

1. (transitive) To put someone in a ghetto, or to isolate as
if in a ghetto.

2. (transitive) To make a place into a ghetto, or to add the
characteristics of a ghetto.


word: witch
grp: no-category
accuracy: 1:1
wordnet:
noun
	1. a female sorcerer or magician
	Synonyms: enchantress.
	2. a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
	3. a believer in Wicca
	Synonyms: Wiccan.
	4. an ugly evil-looking old woman
	Synonyms: hag, beldam, beldame, crone.
verb
	1. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
	Synonyms: hex, bewitch, glamour, enchant, jinx.


