Vocabulary Word
Word: celibate
Definition: abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy
Definition: abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy
More Vocab Words
::: somatic - pertaining to the body; bodily; physical::: pervasive - spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells, ideas, feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate
::: compliant - readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements
::: lugubrious - mournful; sorrowful
::: archives - public records; place where public records are kept
::: affable - easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly
::: subversive - tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
::: fluted - having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column
::: prate - talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly
::: hostility - unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile
