CAVEAT:
■ noun
1. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
2. A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition;
3. A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
Eg. A caveat was filed against the probate of a will.
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FRETWORK:
■ noun
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1. Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork.
2. Such ornamental work represented two dimensionally by chiaroscuro.
LASSITUDE:
■ noun
1. weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
2. a condition of indolent indifference
Eg. His lassitudiness increased as he became older
NATATORIUM:
■ noun An indoor swimming pool.
Eg. The athletes were ready for their final encounter in the natatorium.
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ENNUI:
■ noun A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium
Eg. The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
BELIE:
■ verb (used with object), -lied, -ly -ing.
1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2. to misrepresent
3. to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).
Eg. The newspaper belied the facts.
TORRID:
■ adjective. tor·rid·er, tor·rid·est
Eg. The torrid noonday sun.
1. Parched with the heat of the sun; intensely hot.
2. Scorching; burning
3. Passionate; ardent: a torrid love scene.
4. Hurried; rapid: set a torrid pace; torrid economic growth.
SPURIOUS:
■ adjective
Eg. Selling spurious medicine is equivalent to mass murder.
1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false.
2. Of illegitimate birth.
3. Botany Similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function. Used of plant parts.
AFFLATUS:
■ noun A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration.
Eg. The divine afflatus produced an strong impulse for learning.
MANUMIT:
■ verb To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate
Eg. The Eagle was manumitted by his keeper.
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