ambulatory |
able to walk about. |
delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
judicious |
characterized by or using sound judgment; wise; prudent. |
liaison |
a communication link between groups or between parts of an organization, or a person or group that performs this function. |
longevity |
long life. |
overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
partisan |
devoted to or favoring a particular cause, group, political party, or the like. |
reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
succinct |
briefly but clearly stated; concise. |
suffice |
to meet the needs, goals, or the like of; be adequate for. |
temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |
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. |