dI staef noun 1. a staff with one cleft end to hold the material from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand or on a spinning wheel. She gently pulled more…

ihn sI di əs adjective 1. dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. Their insidious plot included not only the assassination of President Lincoln but the killing of the Vice President and Secretary…

ə plam noun great self-confidence, composure, or poise. Although most of the audience was drunk and unruly, she performed her number with an admirable aplomb.

kan sə nəns noun 1. agreement, correspondence, or harmony. There is little consonance among the ideas presented in your paper; in fact, you seem to contradict yourself repeatedly. 2. in music, a…

ə lI tə reI shən noun repetition of the same consonant sound in the stressed or initial syllables of words in a phrase or sentence. “The moan of doves in immemorial elms,/And…