Vocabulary Word
Word: elaboration
Definition: addition of details; intricacy
Definition: addition of details; intricacy
Sentences Containing 'elaboration'
If we admire the several ingenious contrivances by which orchids and many other plants are fertilised through insect agency, can we consider as equally perfect the elaboration of dense clouds of pollen by our fir-trees, so that a few granules may be wafted by chance on to the ovules?
An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon.
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::: comprehend - include; understand
::: rhapsody - excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it)
::: anvil - iron block used in hammering out metals
::: bliss - complete happiness; ADJ. blissful
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::: hamper - obstruct; prevent the free movement of; N:
::: astral - relating to the stars
