Week 09

euphemism

noun

1.the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

2.the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”.

mundane

adjective

1.common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

2.of or relating to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly:mundane affairs.

3.of or relating to the world, universe, or earth.

incongruous

adjective

1.out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming:

an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.

2.not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts:an incongruous mixture of architectural styles.

3.inconsistent:actions that were incongruous with their professed principles.

condolence

noun

1.Often, condolences. expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.

stipulate

verb (used without object), stipulated, stipulating.

1.to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).

verb (used with object), stipulated, stipulating.

2.to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement:

to stipulate a price.

3.to require as an essential condition in making an agreement:
Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.

4.to promise, in making an agreement.

5.Law. to accept (a proposition) without requiring that it be established by proof:to stipulate the existence of certain facts or that an expert witness is qualified.

loathe

verb (used with object)

loathed, loathing.

1.to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.

reprimand

noun

1.a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.

verb (used with object)

2.to reprove or rebuke severely, especially in a formal way.

respite

noun

1.a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:to toil without respite.2.temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve.

verb (used with object)

respited, respiting.3.to relieve temporarily, especially from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from.4.to grant delay in the carrying out of (a punishment, obligation, etc.).

reverberating

verb (used without object)reverberated, reverberating.

1.to reecho or resound:Her singing reverberated through the house.

2.Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.

3.to rebound or recoil.

4.to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.

verb (used with object)

reverberated, reverberating.

5.to echo back or reecho (sound).

6.to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).

7.to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.adjective

8.reverberant.

fretful

adjective

1.disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.

Related forms

fretfully, adverb

fretfulness, noun

unfretful, adjective

unfretfully, adverb

succumb

verb (used without object)

1.to give way to superior force; yield:to succumb to despair.

2.to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.

Related forms

succumber, noun
unsuccumbing, adjective