apathy
1 use
the apathy of the stars.
apathy = lack of interest and enthusiasm
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 17 |
candid
8 uses
Be candid for once.
candid = honest and direct
Word Statistics
| Book | 8 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
| 1st use | Chapter 16 |
capricious
1 use
The maids of honour ... wore very becoming costumes in the same tone, a dainty motif of plume rose being worked into the pleats in a pinstripe and repeated capriciously in the jadegreen toques in the form of heron feathers of paletinted coral.
capriciously = with impulsiveness or unpredictability
Definition
Generally capricious means:impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes — especially impulsive behavior
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 12 |
credulous
1 use
...smiled credulously on the representative of His Majesty.
credulously = in a trusting manner (ready to believe what is said)
Definition
Generally credulous means:gullible (being too willing to believe)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Chapter 10 |
depravity
1 use
There too, opposite to him, was Lynch whose countenance bore already the stigmata of early depravity and premature wisdom.
depravity = immorality or evilness
Definition
Generally depravity means:complete immorality or evilness
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 14 |
disdain
3 uses
The boatman nodded towards the north of the bay with some disdain.
disdain = lack of respect
Definition
Generally disdain means:a lack of respect — often suggesting distaste and an undeserved sense of superiority
or:
to reject as not good enough
or:
to reject as not good enough
Word Statistics
| Book | 3 uses |
| Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
| 1st use | Chapter 1 |
dissent
2 uses
Stephen dissented openly from Bloom's views on...
dissented = disagreed
Definition
Generally dissent means:to disagree; or disagreement or conflict — typically between people who cooperate, and often with official or majority beliefs
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| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 17 |
eccentric
4 uses
Costello, the eccentric
eccentric = someone who is unconventional or strange
Definition
Generally eccentric means:unconventional or strange; or a person with such traits
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 14 |
establish
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
establish a positive tone
Established 1763.†
established = founded (started)
Definition
Generally this sense of establish means:create, start, or set in [a] place
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 22 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 100 |
| 1st use | Chapter 7 |
exemplar
4 uses
What future careers had been possible for Bloom in the past and with what exemplars?
exemplars = examples — especially those representing the ideal
Definition
Generally exemplar means:an example — especially one that represents the ideal
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Chapter 17 |
expedient
1 use
call wandering but a bit unsteady and on his expressed desire for some beverage to drink Mr Bloom, in view of the hour it was and there being no pump of Vartry water available for their ablutions, let alone drinking purposes hit upon an expedient by suggesting, off the reel, the propriety of the cabman s shelter, as it was called, hardly a stonesthrow away near butt bridge where they might hit upon some drinkables in the shape of a milk and soda or a mineral.
expedient = speedy or practical; or an action that is speedy or practical
Definition
Generally expedient means:a practical action — especially one that accepts negative tradeoffs due to circumstances
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical
or:
convenient, speedy, or practical
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 16 |
focus
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
Turn your focus to question #2.
With strain, elevating a candlestick: with pain, feeling on his right temple a contused tumescence: with attention, focussing his gaze on a large dull passive and a slender bright active: with solicitation, bending and downturning the upturned rugfringe: with amusement, remembering Dr Malachi Mulligan's scheme of colour containing the gradation of green: with pleasure, repeating the words and antecedent act and perceiving through various channels of internal sensibility the consequent...†
focussing = looking with
Definition
Generally this sense of focus means:verb: to concentrate, look at, or pay attention to
noun: the act of concentration, or the ability to concentrate
(to concentrate is to direct attention or effort towards a single thing)
noun: the act of concentration, or the ability to concentrate
(to concentrate is to direct attention or effort towards a single thing)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 54 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 100 |
| 1st use | Chapter 17 |
heresy
2 uses
A horde of heresies
heresies = opinions or actions most people consider immoral
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| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 1 |
New World
1 use
Sir Walter Ralegh brought from the new world that potato and that weed, the one a killer of pestilence by absorption, the other a poisoner of the ear, eye, heart, memory, will understanding, all.†
New World = the Western Hemisphere (the Americas)
Definition
Generally New World means:the Americas (North, South, and Central with nearby islands) (also known as the Western Hemisphere — which was new to Europe in the 16th century)
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 15 |
ostentatious
2 uses
in evening dress cut ostentatiously low for the occasion
ostentatiously = in a manner intended to attract notice and impress others
Definition
Generally ostentatious means:intended to attract notice and impress others — especially with wealth in a vulgar way
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| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 16 |
pious
13 uses
Buck Mulligan, his pious eyes upturned, prayed:
pious = behaving in a highly moral or religious manner
Definition
Generally pious means:behaving in a highly moral or religious manner
or less commonly: behaving highly moral in a self-righteous or holier-than-thou manner
or less commonly: behaving highly moral in a self-righteous or holier-than-thou manner
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| Book | 13 uses |
| Library | 7 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 1 |
prudent
11 uses
Mr Bloom gave prudent assent.
prudent = sensible and cautious
Definition
Generally prudent means:sensible and careful
Word Statistics
| Book | 11 uses |
| Library | 7 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 3 |
repudiate
2 uses
an idea he utterly repudiated.
repudiated = strongly rejected
Definition
Generally repudiate means:strong rejection — especially when the idea or thing being rejected was once embraced
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| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 15 |
reticent
1 use
the enclosures of reticence
reticence = reluctance
Definition
Generally reticent means:reluctant — especially to speak freely
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Chapter 17 |
revere
7 uses
Reverently look at her as she reclines there with the motherlight in her eyes,
reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration — sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe
Definition
Generally revere means:regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration — sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
Word Statistics
| Book | 7 uses |
| Library | 12 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Chapter 14 |