| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |