Educational

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

cumulative

[kyoo-myuh-luh-tiv]

increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions

mollycoddle

[mol-ee-kod-l]

to coddle; pamper

nurture

[nu-rtu-ure]

to assist the development of

hazy

[hey-zee]

characterized by the presence of haze; misty

polypod

[pol-ee-pod]

(of insect larvae) having many feet

betrothed

[bih-trohthd]

engaged to be married

eponym

[ep-uh-nim]

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

malleable

[mal-ee-uh-buhl]

capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure

penniless

[pen-i-lis]

without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute

brackish

[brak-ish]

distasteful; unpleasant

imprudent

[im-prood-nt]

not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash

adroit

[uh-droit]

expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body

gallop

[gal-uhp]

to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop

threnody

[thren-uh-dee]

a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

besmirch

[bih-smurch]

to detract from the honor or luster of

palliative

[pal-ee-ey-tiv]

serving to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate

explicate

[ekspl-ik-at-e]

to explain or analyze something in detail, often to clarify its meaning.

fury

[fyoor-ee]

violent anger or rage

predilection

[pred-l-ek-shuhn]

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference

curved

[kurvd]

having a rounded or arc-like shape

emulate

[em-yuh-leyt]

to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass

contumacious

[kon-too-mey-shuhs]

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

indelible

[in-del-uh-buhl]

impossible to eliminate, forget, or change