Vocabulary Word
Word: denotation
Definition: meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation
Definition: meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation
More Vocab Words
::: incrustation - hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust::: pedigree - ancestry; lineage
::: usury - lending money at illegal high rates of interest
::: excerpt - selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.
::: placebo - harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
::: adroit - skillful (in using mind or hand)
::: scruple - hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience
::: senility - old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia
::: argot - slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people
::: agility - nimbleness; ability to move quickly
