| albeit |
notwithstanding; even though. |
| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| forestall |
to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| platitude |
an overused, dull, or trivial remark; hackneyed expression; cliché. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| 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. |
| tincture |
an alcohol solution containing a medicinal substance. |
| volatile |
rapidly changeable, especially tending to become violent. |