Educational
perquisite
[pur-kwuh-zit]
an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages
treacherous
[trech-er-uhs]
unstable or insecure, as in footing
criterion
[krahy-teer-ee-uhn]
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something
banshee
[ban-shee]
(in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house
innocuous
[ih-nok-yoo-uhs]
not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive
elegant
[el-i-guhnt]
graceful and stylish in appearance or manner
logophile
[law-guh-fahyl]
a lover of words
juvenile
[joo-vuh-nl]
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons; youthful
penetralia
[pen-i-trey-lee-uh]
the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing
convey
[kuhn-vey]
to communicate; impart; make known
saline
[sey-leen]
containing or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike
besmirch
[bih-smurch]
to detract from the honor or luster of
bereave
[bih-reev]
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of)
formless
[f-orml-ess]
without a clear shape or structure; amorphous or undefined.
paraselene
[par-uh-si-lee-nee]
Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon
dissimulate
[dih-sim-yuh-leyt]
to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble
diluvial
[dih-loo-vee-uhl]
pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge
exciting
[eksk-it-ing]
causing enthusiasm, interest, or exhilaration.
catastrophize
[kuh-tas-truh-fahyz]
to view or talk about (an event or situation) as worse than it actually is, or as if it were a catastrophe
yarmulke
[yah-muh-kuh]
a cap worn by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish males
fluster
[fluhs-ter]
to put into a state of agitated confusion
nurture
[nu-rtu-ure]
to assist the development of
diatribe
[dahy-uh-trahyb]
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism
antibiotic
[an-tahy-bahy-ot-ik]
a substance used to kill or inhibit bacteria