| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
| apparition |
a ghostly image; phantom; specter. |
| biennial |
happening every second year. |
| detractor |
one who criticizes or disparages an idea, cause, or person to undermine support or popularity. |
| dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| perfunctory |
done quickly and as a matter of routine; performed without care. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| potent |
having strength; powerful. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| reinstate |
to put back into a former position, condition, or state of effectiveness. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| vertigo |
a sensation of unsteadiness or dizziness, such that one's surroundings seem to be whirling around. |