Vocabulary Word
Word: preen
Definition: make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
Definition: make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
More Vocab Words
::: denotation - meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation::: ruminate - chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder)
::: judicious - sound on judgment; wise
::: incontrovertible - indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable
::: orientation - act of finding oneself in society; orienting
::: pestilential - (pestilent) causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)
::: ethnology - study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology
::: dwindle - shrink; reduce gradually
::: reconcile - make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs
::: subside - sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate
