Day 63
15 words to learn
0 / 15 words learned
bolster
support
BOHL-stuhr
to provide support for reinforcement
contiguous
adjacent
kuhn-TIG-yoo-uhs
adjacent; touching; abutting
discourse
dissertation
DIS-kawrs
conversation, speech, dissertation
doctrinaire
dogmatic
dahk-truh-NAYR
strictly devoted to theories in all circumstances, even if there are practical problems
gerontocracy
government by elders
jer-uhn-TOK-ruh-see
government by the aged
ignominious
shameful
ig-nuh-MIN-ee-us
shameful, disgraceful
juxtapose
place side by side
JUHK-stuh-pohz
to put people or things together especially for comparison
lynch
assassinate
linch
kill by illegal hanging; assassinate
machination
intrigue
mahk-uh-NAY-shuhn
plot or intrigue
misogynist
hater of women
mis-AH-jin-ist
a person who hates women
parity
equality
PAA-ruh-tee
equality
portent
forewarning
PAWR-tent
forewarning; omen
sparse
not dense
spars
arranged at widely spaced intervals; not dense
tare
weed
tair
weed; allowance made for container when weighing
vain
futile
veyn
full of self-admiration; conceited; worthless