Educational

salient

[sey-lee-uhnt]

prominent or conspicuous

deign

[deyn]

to think it appropriate to or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend

victorious

[vik-tawr-ee-uhs]

having achieved victory; conquering; triumphant

rumpled

[rump-uld]

creased or messy in appearance

jubilant

[joo-buh-luhnt]

showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant

posthumous

[pos-chuh-muhs]

arising, occurring, or continuing after one’s death

abgesang

[ab-guh-zong]

the concluding section in musical and poetic bar form

supplicate

[suhp-li-keyt ]

to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition

dissonance

[dis-uh-nuhns]

inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony

monocracy

[moh-nok-ruh-see]

government by only one person; autocracy

pungent

[puhn-juhnt]

sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid

bamboozled

[bam-boo-zuhld]

concealed ones true motives from (someone) by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end hoodwinked.

incendiary

[in-sen-dee-er-ee]

used or adapted for setting property on fire

navigate

[nav-i-geyt]

to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship, aircraft, etc.

pretermit

[pree-ter-mit]

to let pass without notice; disregard

assiduous

[uh-sij-oo-uhs]

constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; meticulous

mystifying

[mis-tuh-fahy-ing]

to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely

marital

[mar-i-tl]

of or relating to marriage; conjugal; matrimonial

rouse

[rouz]

to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.

open

[oh-puhn]

not closed or locked; accessible to others

comely

[kuhm-lee]

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

exculpate

[eks-kul-payt]

to clear from blame or guilt

vacuous

[vak-yoo-uhs]

without contents; empty

diphthong

[dif-thawng]

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)