Educational

disparate

[dis-per-it]

distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar

exacerbation

[ig-zas-er-bey-shuhn]

the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

logophile

[law-guh-fahyl]

a lover of words

paraselene

[par-uh-si-lee-nee]

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

virulent

[vir-yuh-luhnt, vir-uh-]

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

portend

[pawr-tend]

to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

pretermit

[pree-ter-mit]

to let pass without notice; disregard

precarious

[pri-kair-ee-uhs]

dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure

comely

[kuhm-lee]

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

eponym

[ep-uh-nim]

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

yearning

[yur-ning]

deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

hamartia

[hah-mahr-tee-uh]

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

aerostat

[air-uh-stat]

an airship or hot-air balloon, especially one that is tethered

weave

[weev]

to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material

vituperate

[vahy-too-puh-reyt]

to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile

tyro

[tahy-roh]

a beginner in learning anything; novice

perpetuate

[per-pech-oo-eyt]

to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

tergiversate

[tur-ji-ver-seyt]

to turn renegade

chthonian

[thoh-nee-uhn]

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth

choleric

[kol-er-ik]

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

risible

[riz-uh-buhl]

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous

anchorite

[ang-kuh-rahyt]

a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion

exoneration

[ig-zon-uh-rey-shuhn]

the act of clearing someone of blame or of an accusation or criminal charge

solder

[sod-er]

to join closely and intimately