Def (adj.): (of cloth) decorated with patterns sewn on with thread.
“She bought an ___ dress at the store.”
Embroidered
Def (adj.): (of a design) sewn on cloth with thread.
“A floral pattern was ___ on the jeans.”
Embroidered
Def (n.): brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence
“She had the ___ to ask if he was okay.”
Gall
Def (v.): publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm; to mock
“The business owner ___ his workers. No wonder people keep leaving.”
Lampoon
Def (v.): (of the soul) pass into a different body after death; to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another
“According to my grandma, after death, our souls ___ to another body.”
Transmigrate
Def (adj.): introduced but not fully naturalized
“The ___ weeds began to adapt to the environment slowly.”
Adventive
Def (adj.): having limbs adapted for running; adapted to or involving running
“We saw ___ animals at the zoo.”
Cursorial
Def (v.): to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future
“The extra essay ___ well for your chances of admission.”
Augur
Def (n.): great wisdom or sound judgment
“My math teacher had an air of ___.”
Sapience
Def (n.): the act of proving that a person or an argument is wrong
“The debate team prepared a ___.”
Confutation
Def (n.): an intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding.
“As we stepped in the room, we had a ___ about what was about to happen.”
Presentiment
Def (n.): a blank page at the beginning or end of a book.
“The superstar wrote a message on the admirer’s book’s ___.”
Flyleaf
Def (n.): a reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
“I spent an afternoon of ___.”
Introspection
Def (adj.): relating to, having the character of, or constituting precedent
“This case has no ___ value.”
Precedential
Def (adj.): having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light
“I admired the cat’s ___ eyes.”
Chatoyant
Def (adj.): impossible to understand or interpret; not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood; mysterious
“We analyzed the ___ documents.”
Inscrutable
Def (v.): make (something abstract) more concrete or real; to consider or represent (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing : to give definite content and form to (a concept or idea)
“The teacher ___ this field into concrete ideas.”
Reify
Def (adj.): (of a person) having a good understanding of things; perceptive; astute
“She was a ___ woman who always understood others’ emotions.”
Percipient
Def (n.): someone employed to do unskilled jobs in a kitchen in the past.
Anaïs worked as an ___ for five years.”
Scullion
Def (v.): instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action); to incite, to provoke
“Kai ___ Jennie to do the crazy things she did.”
Forment
Def (adj.): smelling stale, damp, or stuffy.
“The ___ smell strangled us.”
Fusty
Def (adj.): old-fashioned in attitude or style; outdated, out of date
“He wore a ___ outfit to the party, so the invitees derided him.”