Vocabularies

To weaken or drain someone of strength or vitality.

Lacking energy, vitality, or strength; weakened or exhausted.

To make weak or feeble; to deprive of strength.

To grant the right to vote or other rights of citizenship.

Physical signs or patterns in the brain for memory storage and retrieval

to instruct or urge someone to do something; to prohibit legally

to set on fire or inspire strong emotion

to give someone a noble rank or to elevate in dignity or honor

A feeling of boredom, listlessness, or dissatisfaction arising from lack of excitement.

To fill someone with great delight or joy.

to settle comfortably or securely in a place; to hide or shelter firmly

A flag or standard, especially a military or naval one indicating nationality; also a junior officer in the navy or coast guard.

to catch or trap, often by trickery or deceit

To captivate or hold someone’s full attention.

to install someone on a throne or to give someone high status

The scientific study of insects.

To catch or trick someone into a difficult situation.

To ask earnestly or beg someone to do something.

An earnest or humble request or plea.

to twist or wind together; to become closely connected or involved

The act of saying or pronouncing words clearly and distinctly.

to surround or enclose; to encircle

Relating to or involving enzymes, which are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions in living organisms.

an indefinitely long period of time; an age

An ornamental shoulder piece on a garment, especially on the coat or jacket of a military uniform.

A variant spelling of epaulet, also meaning a shoulder ornament, especially on military uniforms.

A person who enjoys fine food and drink, often with refined taste.

relating to the enjoyment of fine food, drink, and luxury

a small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger one, used in ancient astronomy

a curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls around the outside of another circle

the outer layer of cells covering the body of an organism, especially the skin

A short, witty saying or poem that expresses an idea in a clever way.

A scholar or expert who studies the nature, sources, and limits of knowledge.

The branch of philosophy that studies the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge.

A letter, especially a formal or didactic one; often used for letters in the New Testament.

Related to the writing of letters; expressed in or through letters.

A short text written on a tombstone in memory of the deceased.

An outbreak of disease affecting many animals of one kind at the same time.

A form of lyric poem written in couplets, often following a strophe and antistrophe in classical Greek poetry.

A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, or other thing is named.

Calm and even-tempered; not easily disturbed or angered.

Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.

Relating to or resembling a horse.

Equipment or a carriage with its accessories.

A state of balance or equilibrium.

Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.

To speak ambiguously or avoid giving a clear answer.

The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself.

behaving wrongly or straying from the proper course or standards

made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one