concise |
saying much in a few words; short and to the point. |
concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. |
congregate |
to bring or come together to form a group; gather. |
cooperative |
willing to work together or cooperate. |
customary |
usual, habitual, or traditional. |
graceless |
inappropriate or socially awkward. |
inconsistent |
not following a regular pattern; variable. |
kink |
a tight curl or twist. |
preferential |
giving advantage to one over others. |
priority |
precedence, especially because of authority, right, or urgent need. |
spiritual |
of or pertaining to the soul or matters of the soul, the part of a human being that is believed to be the higher or deeper self and not part of the body. |
statistics |
(used with a singular verb) the mathematical study of numerical information, especially representative information about a limited portion of a population that is used to make generalized conclusions about the whole. |
subsist |
to stay alive or obtain the necessities of life (usually followed by "on"). |
tempt |
to try to get (someone) to do something wrong or not wise by offering or seeming to offer something very desirable. |
transient |
brief in duration; temporary. |