Educational

tepid

[tep-id ]

moderately warm; lukewarm

abjure

[ab-joor, ab-jur]

solemnly renounce

regretful

[ri-gret-fuhl]

feeling or showing regret or sorrow

fury

[fyoor-ee]

violent anger or rage

treatise

[tree-tis]

a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay

yarmulke

[yah-muh-kuh]

a cap worn by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish males

picturesque

[pik-chuh-resk]

virtually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting

quaff

[kwof]

to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment

park

[pahrk]

a piece of land maintained by a city or town as a place of beauty or play.

prescient

[presh-uhnt]

having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight

bend

[b-end]

to curve or angle something from its original shape or direction.

isthmus

[is-muhs]

a connecting, usually narrow, part, organ, or passage, especially when joining structures or cavities larger than itself

travail

[truh-veyl]

to toil or exert oneself

tantalize

[tan-tl-ahyz]

to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed

artful

[ahrt-fuhl]

clever or skillful, often in a crafty or cunning way

frazil

[fraz-uhl]

ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas

saline

[sey-leen]

containing or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike

limerick

[lim-er-ik]

a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet

sordid

[sawr-did]

squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down

frighten

[fry-ten]

cause fear in.

wormhole

[wurm-hohl]

a theoretical passageway in space between a black hole and a white hole, a speculative means of connecting two disparate points in spacetime

destitute

[des-ti-toot]

without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter

postulate

[pos-chuh-leyt]

to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing

diluvial

[dih-loo-vee-uhl]

pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge