Educational

pecuniary

[pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee]

of or relating to money

comely

[kuhm-lee]

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

rutilant

[root-l-uhnt]

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

abridge

[uh-brij]

to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.

convey

[kuhn-vey]

to communicate; impart; make known

triptych

[trip-tik]

three panels or compartments side by side with pictures or carvings

gloaming

[gloh-ming]

twilight; dusk

anfractuous

[an-frak-choo-uhs]

characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous

dodecahedron

[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

spondee

[spon-dee]

in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

erudite

[er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-dahyt]

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

obelus

[ob-uh-luhs]

a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

virulent

[vir-yuh-luhnt, vir-uh-]

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

zeitgeber

[tsahyt-gey-ber]

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

stentorian

[sten-tawr-ee-uhn]

very loud or powerful in sound

adjudicate

[uh-joo-di-keyt]

to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence

commodious

[kuh-moh-dee-uhs]

spacious and convenient; roomy

saturnine

[sat-er-nahyn]

sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn

alabaster

[al-uh-bas-ter]

a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.

petty

[pet-ee]

of little or no importance or consequence

acumen

[uh-kyoo-muhn]

keen insight; shrewdness

poignant

[poin-yuhnt]

keenly distressing to the feelings

tantamount

[tan-tuh-mount]

equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification

homonym

[hom-uh-nim]

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins