Hard English Words: Study Tools

n. a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling

n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

n. any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

a. relating to or involving money, consisting of or measured in money

n. synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

n. the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended

n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep

n. massive and extremely remote celestial object

a. found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

v. repeat an earlier theme of a composition, repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

a. of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

n. compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

n. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide

n. a blood-red color, confidently optimistic and cheerful

n. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections, speech you make to yourself

v. put down by force or intimidation, make subservient, force to submit or subdue

n. an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

a. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy, expressive of contempt