Vocabulary Word

More Vocab Words

::: vigilant - watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance
::: pretext - excuse
::: blunt - having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt
::: conventional - ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons
::: bacchanal - noisy party with a lot of drinking
::: lectern - reading desk or stand for a public speaker
::: incandescent - strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle
::: imbue - saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings
::: maelstrom - violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream
::: peripatetic - walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy