sə vant noun 1. a person of deep learning; scholar. The work of translation was carried out by savants in the seventeenth century. 2. a person with extraordinary intellectual skill in a…
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scintilla
sihn tI lə noun a tiny amount; trace. There was not a scintilla of truth in the rumor.
plangent
plaen jənt adjective 1. sounding deeply or loudly. The cello’s plangent notes introduce a sense of foreboding. 2. having a sad or mournful sound; plaintive. In the fall, we hear the plangent…
salvage
sael vihj noun 1. the act of saving property from destruction, esp. the rescue of a ship or its cargo from fire or shipwreck. The salvage of the leaking vessel seemed impossible….
flyby
flai bai noun a flight over or close to a designated point, area, or target by an aircraft or spacecraft for the purpose of making aerial observations.