ded wUd noun 1. on a tree, branches or sections of trunk that are dead. example: We should trim the deadwood on that tree. 2. unproductive persons or burdensome things that hinder…
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bathos
beI thos noun 1: a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. example: When the police chief reported the contents of the fearsome warlord’s pockets, which included…
interlope
In tər lop intransitive verb definition 1: to interfere in others’ affairs; meddle. definition 2: to enter into an area of business, especially trade, without a license.
imponderable
Im pan də rə bəl adjective unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. …There is beneath my birth, life, death, a substratum of supernatural causes, imponderable, invisible, unknowable by any physical science…
propitiate
prə pI shi eIt transitive verb to overcome the disfavor or distrust of; conciliate; appease. example: They hoped to propitiate the goddess by sacrificing a lamb at her altar. example: “I haven’t…