deference
1 use
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
deferential = politely respect
Definition
Generally deference means:polite respect — often when submitting to another's wishes
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
descend
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
descend the mountain
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
descend = climb down
Definition
Generally this sense of descend means:move or slope downward
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
digress
1 use
Is it perfume from a dress
That makes me so digress?
That makes me so digress?
digress = wander off topic
Definition
Generally digress means:wander from a direct or straight course — typically verbally
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
indecision
1 use
And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.†
indecisions = leaving a decision unmade due to uncertainty; or a general tendency to leave decisions unmade
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
insidious
1 use
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
Of insidious intent
insidious = appearing harmless, but actually very harmful over time
Definition
Generally insidious means:not appearing dangerous, but actually very harmful over time
or:
treacherous (dangerous due to trickery or from hidden or unpredictable risks)
or:
treacherous (dangerous due to trickery or from hidden or unpredictable risks)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
malinger
1 use
Smoothed by long fingers, Asleep .... tired .... or it malingers, Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.†
malingers = avoids responsibilities and duties — typically by pretending to be ill
Definition
Generally malinger means:avoid responsibilities and duties — typically by pretending to be ill
or (more rarely): to be slow
or (more rarely): to be slow
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
meticulous
1 use
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
meticulous = with details treated with great care
Definition
Generally meticulous means:treating details with great care
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |
obtuse
1 use
a bit obtuse
obtuse = slow to learn or understand
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
revise
2 uses
In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.†
revisions = changes; or a changed versions
(editor's note: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.)
Definition
Generally revise means:to change (and hopefully improve) — most frequently to improve a written document, but it can be any intentional change such as a change in an estimated amount, a plan, or a series of procedures
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 10 |
T.S. Eliot
1 use
T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.†
T.S. Eliot = U.S. born British poet and playwright remembered for such poems as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1888-1965)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
tedious
1 use
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
Of insidious intent
tedious = boring and long
Definition
Generally tedious means:boring — especially because something goes on too long or without variation
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |