Educational

disseminate

[dih-sem-uh-neyt]

to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse

vestige

[ves-tij]

a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice, etc.

invert

[in-vurt]

to turn upside down

prescient

[presh-uhnt]

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

compact

[kuhm-pakt, kom-pakt]

joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid

dissolve

[dih-zolv]

to mix into a liquid so that it becomes part of the solution

exclaim

[ik-skleym]

to cry out; say loudly or vehemently

ocher

[oh-ker]

any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments

peculiar

[pe-cul-iar]

bizarre, strange

embolden

[im-bohl-duhn]

to give someone the courage or confidence to act

absquatulate

[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt]

to flee; abscond

encroaching

[en-kroh-ching]

advancing beyond proper, accepted, or usual limits; making gradual inroads into or onto something

pleiotropy

[play-o-truh-pee]

the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic

balancer

[bal-un-ser]

something that ensures stability or equilibrium

dispassion

[d-isp-aszhun]

the quality of being unemotional or detached; impartiality.

beseech

[bih-seech]

to implore urgently

swift

[swift]

coming, happening, or performed quickly or without delay

apotheosis

[uh-poth-ee-oh-sis]

the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god

zilch

[zilch]

nothing; zero.

versatile

[vur-suh-tl]

capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.

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

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

requiem

[rek-wee-uhm]

any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead

vocational

[voh-key-shuh-nl]

of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation