corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
deficit |
The amount by which something is less than what is needed. A deficit of money is caused by spending more than has been taken in. |
epoch |
an important period in human history. |
eventuality |
something that might happen; contingent occurrence. |
illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
illustrious |
highly renowned; celebrated; glorious. |
inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
languid |
lacking or not showing strength, energy, or spirit; weak, slow, or listless. |
materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
retrospect |
reflection on the past or on past events or achievements. |
theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |