Educational

purport

[per-pawrt]

to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely

empirical

[em-pir-i-kuhl]

derived from or guided by experience or experiment

effluvium

[ih-floo-vee-uhm]

a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious

complacent

[kuhm-pley-suhnt]

pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied

moot

[moot]

of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic

generality

[jen-uh-ral-i-tee]

an indefinite, unspecific, or undetailed statement

cunctation

[kuhngk-tey-shuhn]

lateness; delay

ichor

[ahy-kawr]

from Classical Mythology: the blood of the gods

ferment

[fer-ment]

to be fermented; undergo fermentation

adjourn

[uh-jurn]

to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely

sardonic

[sahr-don-ik]

characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; sneering; cynical

tantamount

[tan-tuh-mount]

equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification

amalgam

[uh-mal-guhm]

a blend or mixture

wield

[weeld]

to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating

antiseptic

[an-tuh-sep-tik]

pertaining to or affecting antisepsis; free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms

sedentary

[sed-n-ter-ee]

characterized by or requiring a sitting posture

vilify

[vil-uh-fahy ]

to speak ill of; defame; slander

poignant

[poin-yuhnt]

keenly distressing to the feelings

troglodyte

[trog-luh-dayt]

a prehistoric caveman; a person of primitive behavior

doting

[doh-ting]

excessively fond

repine

[ri-pahyn]

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

gullible

[guhl-uh-buhl]

easily deceived or cheated

pervasive

[per-vey-siv]

spread throughout

pulmonary

[puhl-muh-ner-ee]

of or relating to the lungs