Noun > Egotist a person who has the feeling or belief that they are better, more important, more talented, etc., than other people a selfish egotist
Verb > Quash Quash and squash can mean the same thing. They look so much like because they come from different forms of the same Latin verb: quatere, meaning “to shake, or to strike.” definition: To quash something is to Read More …
Noun > Braid 1 : (count) chiefly US : an arrangement of hair made by weaving three sections together She wore her hair in a long braid. (=(chiefly Brit) plait) 2 : (noncount) : a piece of cord or ribbon Read More …
Noun > Spiral (count) 1 : a circular curving line that goes around a central point while getting closer to or farther away from it The glider flew in a wide spiral over the field. 2 : a situation in Read More …
Noun > Parade (count) 1 : a public celebration of a special day or event that usually includes many people and groups moving down a street by marching or riding in cars or on special vehicles (called floats) the annual Read More …
Adjective > Effervescent Inside the word effervescent, you can almost see the Latin fervescere, “beginning to boil,” and inside that, fervere, “to boil, to glow, or to be hot.” Fervere also gave us the words fervor, ferment, and fer___cy, meaning Read More …
Adjective > Impractical not practical: such as a : not easy to do or use : not suitable for the situation Little sports cars are impractical for large families. an attractive but completely impractical pair of shoes (=shoes that look Read More …
Verb > Hang out 1 informal : to be or stay somewhere for a period of time without doing much The gang hangs out at the corner store. Our dog spends all his time hanging out (=hanging around) on the Read More …