Educational

commodious

[kuh-moh-dee-uhs]

spacious and convenient; roomy

abrogate

[ab-ruh-geyt]

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

conviction

[val-i-deyt]

a fixed or firm belief

gloaming

[gloh-ming]

twilight; dusk

precarious

[pri-kair-ee-uhs]

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

connive

[kuh-nahyv]

to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with)

pontificate

[pon-tif-i-keyt]

(in the Roman Catholic Church) officiate as bishop, especially at Mass

bolide

[boh-lahyd]

a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball

murky

[mur-kee]

dark, gloomy, and cheerless

equivocal

[ih-kwiv-uh-kuhl]

allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous

akimbo

[uh-kim-boh]

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

prostrate

[pros-treyt ]

to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration

sigil

[sij-il]

a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power

polemic

[puh-lem-ik]

a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

blatant

[bleyt-nt]

brazenly obvious; flagrant

shear

[sheer]

to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

tautology

[taw-tol-uh-jee]

needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in "widow woman"

complicit

[kuhm-plis-it]

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

obviate

[ob-vee-eyt]

to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary

prosopopoeia

[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh]

personification, as of inanimate things

somber

[som-ber]

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

risible

[riz-uh-buhl]

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous

erudite

[er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-dahyt]

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

aberration

[ab-uh-rey-shuhn]

a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome