preternatural
adjective
How to pronounce preternatural?
The word preternatural sounds like pre-ter-nat-u-ral
/,pritər'næʧərəl/
What is the definition of preternatural?
adjectivesurpassing the ordinary or normal
Examples
- Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel
adjectiveexisting outside of or not in accordance with nature
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intensifier
noun
How to pronounce intensifier?
The word intensifier sounds like in-ten-si-fi-er
/ɪn'tɛnsə,faɪər/
What is the definition of intensifier?
nouna modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Examples
- `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
- `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier
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bacchanal
noun, adjective
How to pronounce bacchanal?
The word bacchanal sounds like bac-cha-nal
/,bɑkə'nɑl/
What is the definition of bacchanal?
nouna wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
nounsomeone who engages in drinking bouts
adjectiveused of riotously drunken merrymaking
Examples
- a night of bacchanalian revelry
nouna drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
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blanche
How to pronounce blanche?
The word blanche sounds like Blanche
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shipping
noun
How to pronounce shipping?
The word shipping sounds like ship-ping
What is the definition of shipping?
nounconveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
nounthe commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
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scummy
adjective
How to pronounce scummy?
The word scummy sounds like scum-my
/'skəmi/
What is the definition of scummy?
adjectiveof the most contemptible kind
Examples
- a scummy rabble
adjectivecovered with scum
Examples
- the scummy surface of the polluted pond
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bartlett
noun
How to pronounce bartlett?
The word bartlett sounds like bart-lett
/'bɑrtlɪt/
What is the definition of bartlett?
nounUnited States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
nounUnited States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
nounjuicy yellow pear
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mascot
noun
How to pronounce mascot?
The word mascot sounds like mas-cot
/'mæskət/
What is the definition of mascot?
nouna character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure
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naivety
noun
How to pronounce naivety?
The word naivety sounds like na-ive-ty
What is the definition of naivety?
nounlack of sophistication or worldliness
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dostoyevsky
noun
How to pronounce dostoyevsky?
The word dostoyevsky sounds like dos-to-yev-sky
What is the definition of dostoyevsky?
nounRussian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
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ethylene
noun
How to pronounce ethylene?
The word ethylene sounds like eth-yl-ene
/'ɛθə,lin/
What is the definition of ethylene?
nouna flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
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regrettable
adjective
How to pronounce regrettable?
The word regrettable sounds like re-gret-ta-ble
/ri'grɛtəbəl/
What is the definition of regrettable?
adjectivedeserving regret
Examples
- regrettable remarks
- it's regrettable that she didn't go to college
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