anxiety
1 use
She suffers from more than the usual pre-test anxiety.
anxiety = nervousness
Definition
Generally anxiety means:nervousness or worry
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 23 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
emerge
1 use
China recently emerged as a world power.
emerged = came out (became)
Definition
Generally emerge means:to come out, or to appear
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 58 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 100 |
inevitable
1 use
It is as inevitable as death and taxes.
inevitable = certain to happen
Definition
Generally inevitable means:certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 23 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 500 |
penitent
1 use
When her anger passed, she was penitent.
penitent = sorry for having done wrong
Definition
Generally penitent means:feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
postpone
1 use
Due to her illness, we postponed our vacation for a week.
postponed = delayed until a later time
Definition
Generally postpone means:delay until a later time
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
prostrate
1 use
It is their custom to worship five times a day, prostrate and facing toward Mecca.
prostrate = lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
resent
1 use
A Canadian from Toronto, she resents it when she is mistaken for an American while traveling.
resents = feels angry or unhappy
Definition
Generally resent means:to feel anger or unhappiness at having to accept something — often something seen as unjust or something that creates jealousy
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 23 uses in 10 avg bks |
submissive
1 use
She has become silently submissive.
submissive = inclined to submit (give in) to the wishes of others
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
wary
1 use
She was taught to be wary of strangers.
wary = distrustful
Definition
Generally wary means:nervous about (or distrustful of) someone or something
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 22 uses in 10 avg bks |