capitalist
n. 1. a person who has invested personal wealth in business.
2. a very wealthy person
n. capitalism, adj. capitalistic, v. capitalize
capitulation
n. surrender; ending resistance
v. capitulate
decapitate
tr. v. to cut off the head of; to behead
precipice
n. a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
2. the edge of a dangerous situation
precipitate
tr. v. 1. to throw down from a great height
2. to make happen suddenly or quickly
adj. and n. precipitant, n. precipitation, adj. preciptous
recapitulation
n. 1. the restatement of a main idea
2. a summary or concise review
n. recap, v. recapitulate
cerebral
adj. 1. pertaining to the brain
2. intellectual
n. cerebrum
cerebration
n. the action of thinking; thought
v. cerebrate
deface
tr. v. to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something)
n. defacement
efface
tr. v. 1. to wipe out; to obliterate. Also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out
2. to make oneself inconspicuous
facade
n. 1. a face of a building
2. the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front.
facet
n. 1. one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
2. one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth
affront
tr. v. to insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass
n. an insult or offensive act
confront
tr. v. 1. to stand or come directly in front of
2. to face with defiance or hostility
effrontery
n. flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
supercilious
adj. disdainful; haughty and aloof
adv. superciliously, n. superciliousness
inexorable
adj. relentless; unyielding
oracle
n. 1. a shrine where ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy.
2. a prophecy made at such a shrine
3. a person who transmits prophecy from a deity
4. a person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance
adj. oracular
oration
n. an address or formal speech given on a special occasion
v. orate, n. orator, adj. oratorical, n. oratory
orifice
n. a mouth or vent; an opening
osculate
tr. and intr. v. to kiss (usually used playfully)
n. osculation
indentation
n. a cut or notch
indenture
n. 1. a written contract between two parties
2. (usually plural) an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master
tr. v. to bind by written contract
trident
n. a long three-pronged fork or weapon
orthodontist
n. a specialist or corrects irregularly positioned teeth
n. orthodontia, n. orthodontics
gorge
n. 1. a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains
2. gluttonous eating
3. a feeling of nausea (used with rise)
intr. v. 1. to eat greedily
2. to fill full; to stuff
disgorge
tr. v. 1. to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit
2. to discharge violently
gargantuan
adj. of immense size; gigantic
gargoyle
n. a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall
regurgitate
tr. v. 1. to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food
2. to rush or surge back