abstract
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
abstract thought
abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow
abstract = conceptual (not associated with any specific instance)
Definition
Generally this sense of abstract means:of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
or more rarely:
describing someone as distracted — thinking about something outside of the immediate conversation or circumstances
or more rarely:
describing someone as distracted — thinking about something outside of the immediate conversation or circumstances
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
anarchist
6 uses
Are you really anarchists?
anarchists = people who favor eliminating all government
Definition
Generally anarchist means:someone who favors eliminating all government
Word Statistics
| Book | 6 uses |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
apprehensive
1 use
I watched them go down the road, their shawls close around them, looking back apprehensively at us.
apprehensively = worried over possible misfortune
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 100 |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
conceit
5 uses
I wouldn't mind him if he wasn't so conceited and...
conceited = excessively proud
Definition
Generally this sense of conceit means:feelings of excessive pride
Word Statistics
| Book | 5 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
conspicuous
1 use
I did not want to look conspicuous.
conspicuous = easily noticed so as to attract attention
Definition
Generally conspicuous means:easily noticed — typically attracting attention such as by being large, flashy, or unusual
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
dialect
4 uses
The girl who looked at me said something in a dialect I could not understand a word of.
dialect = a regional variety of a language
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
edify
1 use
It was very edifying, baby.
edifying = instructive
Definition
Generally edify means:to instruct — morally or intellectually
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
elaborate
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
an elaborate design
I think he believed it was something more elaborate than bread pudding.
elaborate = complex/special
Definition
Generally this sense of elaborate means:having details and complexity — sometimes fancy or ornate
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
fallacy
1 use
No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men.
fallacy = a common form of incorrect reasoning
Definition
Generally fallacy means:a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning; or a common form of incorrect reasoning
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 4 |
fracture
4 uses
You haven't any fracture.
fracture = crack (in the bone)
Definition
Generally fracture means:a crack (or break) of a hard object — such as bone or rock; or the act of cracking or breaking
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
gaunt
2 uses
It was a very tall gaunt captain of artillery with a red scar along his jaw.
gaunt = very thin and bony
Definition
Generally gaunt means:very thin and bony — often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
hemorrhage
4 uses
He said there was so much dirt blown into the wound that there had not been much hemorrhage.
hemorrhage = excessive bleeding
Definition
Generally hemorrhage means:bleed excessively (verb and noun)
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
peasant
10 uses
He doesn't want to see peasants. Let him go to centres of culture and civilization.
peasants = uneducated farmers
Definition
Generally peasant means:used historically or possibly in relation to a very poor country: a person of low income, education, and social standing — especially one who raises crops or livestock
Word Statistics
| Book | 10 uses |
| Library | 11 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
plateau
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
found on the plateau
I had expected it to be flatter, more like a plateau.
plateau = high land that is reasonably flat
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
probe
4 uses
Lacerations of the scalp (he probed Does that hurt?)
probed = investigated (explored the wound with a medical instrument)
Definition
Generally probe means:to investigate; or an investigation
or:
any of various instrument used for investigation — such as:
or:
any of various instrument used for investigation — such as:
- an instrument to measure electronic voltage
- a surgical tool used for examination
- an unmanned spacecraft used for exploration
Word Statistics
| Book | 4 uses |
| Library | 11 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 2 |
remorse
2 uses
Even with remorse you will have a better time.
remorse = regret for doing something that was wrong
Definition
Generally remorse means:a feeling of deep regret for doing something that was wrong
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 7 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 3 |
superficial
1 use
Multiple superficial wounds of the left and right thigh and left and right knee and right foot.
superficial = surface
Definition
Generally superficial means:relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or penetrating (often of injuries or thinking)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
tentative
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
a tentative plan
We will go tentatively to Montreux.
tentatively = with an expectation that there may be changes
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
| 1st use | Book 4 |
uniform
1 use
I tried to make out whether they were members of the family or what; but they were all uniformly classical.
uniformly = consistently (the same in this way)
Definition
Generally this sense of uniform means:consistent (the same in some way)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Book 1 |
valor
3 uses
He has been proposed for the silver medal of valor.
valor = exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger
Definition
Generally valor means:exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger — especially in battle
Word Statistics
| Book | 3 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Book 1 |