开心词场单词201024

oakum

Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope

obsequies

Funeral rites

obvert

To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object

oculist

One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye

olive-branch

A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace

opalescence

The property of combined refraction and reflection of light , resulting in smoky tints

orate

To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech

orgies

Wild or wanton revelry

osculate

To kiss

outride

To ride faster than

palinode

A retraction

palliate

To cause to appear less guilty

paly

Lacking color or brilliancy

pantoscope

A very wide-angled photographic lens

paronymous

Derived from the same root or primitive word

passible

Capable of feeling of suffering

pauperism

Dependence on charity

peccable

Capable of sinning

peccant

Guilty

pedagogics

The science and art of teaching

pentavalent

Quinqeuvalent

pentad

The number five

pentahedron

A solid bounded by five plane faces

perambulate

To walk about

percipience

The act of perceiving

persiflage

Banter

pertinacious

Persistent or unyielding

pertinacity

Unyielding adherence

pervasion

The state of spreading through every part

philander

To play at courtship with a woman

philogynist

One who is fond of woman

phonogram

A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound

physiocracy

The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth

pincers

An instrument having two lever-handlers and two jaws working on a pivot

pledgee

The person to whom anything is pledged

plenteous

Abundant

poetaster

An inferior poet

polemics

The art of controversy or disputation

prate

To talk about vainly or foolishly

prelacy

A system of church government

preponderate

To exceed in influence or power

prepossession

A preconceived liking

prescript

Prescribed as a rule or model

presentient

Perceiving or feeling beforehand

prevaricate

To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention

prohibitory

Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverage

prolix

Verbose

proselyte

One who has been won over from one religious belief to another

protege

One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person

protomartyr

The earliest victim in any cause

protuberate

To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface

prudential

Proceeding or marked by caution

pseudapostle

A pretended or false apostle

pseudonymity

The state or character of using a fictitious name

pupilage

The state or period of being a student

purl

To cause to whirl, as in an eddy

pyromania

An insane propensity to set things on fire

pyx

A vessel or casket , usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved

quadrate

To divide into quarters

radix

That from or on which something is developed

ramose

Branch-like

rapine

The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war

raptorial

Seizing and devouring living prey

reck

To have a care or thought for

reclusory

A hermitage

recreant

A cowardly or faithless person

recrudescent

Becoming raw or sore again

referable

Ascribable

refragable

Capable of being refuted

refringency

Power to refract

regality

Royalty

rejuvenescence

A renewal of youth

remonstrant

Having the character of a reproof

reparable

Capable of repair

repine

To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding

reprehend

To find fault with

reprehension

Expression of blame

repressible

Able to be kept under restraint or control

requital

Adequate return for good or ill

resistless

Powerless

revisal

Revision

ripplet

A small ripple, as of water

rondo

A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times

ruth

Sorrow for another's misery

salutatory

The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges

sanguineous

Consisting of blood

sapid

Affecting the sense of taste

sapience

Deep wisdom or knowledge

saponaceous

Having the nature or quality of soap

scintillate

To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes

seance

A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits

secant

Cutting, especially into two parts

sedulous

Persevering in effort or endeavor

seignior

A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir

septennial

Recurring every seven years

sequacious

Ready to be led

sequent

Following in the order of time

sequestrate

To confiscate

sergeant-major

The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment

sibilance

A hissing sound

sinuosity

The quality of curving in and out

sirocco

hot winds from Africa

Sol

The sun

somniferous

Tending to produce sleep

sophistical

Fallacious

spherometer

An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces

sterling

Genuine

streamlet

Rivulet

subacid

Somewhat sharp or biting

subaquatic

Being, formed , or operating under water

subjacent

Situated directly underneath

subtend

To extend opposite to

symphonious

Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds

synchronism

Simultaneousness

syneresis

The coalescence of two vowels or syllables

tactics

Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object

tangency

The state of touching

tercentenary

Pertaining to a period of 300 years

thearchy

Government by a supreme deity

theocrasy

The mixed worship of polytheism

thereabout

Near that number, quantity , degree, place, or time, approximately

thermoelectricity

Electricity generated by differences of temperature

trammel

An impediment

transalpine

Situated on the other side of the Alps

transfusible

Capable of being poured from one vessel to another

trebly

Triply

triplicity

The state of being triple or threefold

trisect

To divide into three parts , especially into three equal parts

triumvir

One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority

tutelar

Protective

ultramundane

Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life

ultramontane

Beyond the mountains , especially beyond the Alps

undeceive

To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs

undercharge

To make an inadequate charge for

underman

To equip with less than the full complement of men

undulous

Resembling waves