Everything Under The Sun (Vocabulary)

Front 1

resilient   (adj)
[ri-zil-yuhnt, -zil-ee-uhnt]

Back 1

1.springing back; rebounding.
2.returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
3.recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant.

Hint 1

resiliently(adv)

Front 2

susceptible (adj)
[suh-sep-tuh-buhl]

Back 2

1.admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
2.accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery.
3.capable of being affected emotionally; impressionable.

Hint 2

susceptibleness (n)
susceptibly (adv)

Front 3

iconic (adj)
[ahy-kon-ik]

Back 3

1.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an icon.
2.Art . (of statues, portraits, etc.) executed according to a convention or tradition.

Hint 3

iconic/iconical (adj)
iconically (adv)
iconicity (n)

Front 4

unprecedented (adj)
[uhn-pres-i-den-tid]

Back 4

without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.

Hint 4

unprecedentedly (adv)
unprecedentedness (n)

Front 5

crucial (adj)
[kroo-shuhl]

Back 5

1.involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
2.severe; trying.
3.of the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

Hint 5

crucially (adv)

Front 6

precautionary
[pri-kaw-shuh-ner-ee]

Back 6

1.of, pertaining to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
2.expressing or advising precaution: precautionary warnings against possible tornadoes.

Hint 6

precaution (n)
precautional/precautionary (adj)

Front 7

compelling (adj)
[kuhm-pel-ing]

Back 7

1.tending to compel; overpowering: compelling reasons.
2.having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect: a man of compelling integrity; a compelling drama.

Hint 7

compel (v)
compelable (adj)
compellably (adv)
compeller (n)
compellingly(adv)

Front 8

hazardous (adj)
[haz-er-duhs]

Back 8

1.full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
2.dependent on chance.

Hint 8

hazardously (adv)
hazardousness, (n)

Front 9

panacea (n)
[pan-uh-see-uh]

Back 9

1.a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
2.an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: Hiseconomic philosophy

Hint 9

panacean (adj)

Front 10

drawback (n+v)

Back 10

1.a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionablefeature.
2.Commerce . an amount paid back from a charge made.
3.Government . a refund of tariff or other tax, as whenimported goods are reexported.

Hint 10

drawback (n+v)

Front 11

idle   [ahyd-l] (adj),

Back 11

1.not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
2.not spent or filled with activity: idle hours.
3.not in use or operation; not kept busy: idle machinery.
4.habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; lazy.
5.of no real worth, importance, or significance: idle talk.

Hint 11

idleness (n)
i·dler, i·dlest, verb i·dled, i·dling, noun
idly(adv)

Front 12

complacent (adj)
[kuhm-pley-suhnt]

Back 12

1.pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
2pleasant; complaisant.

Hint 12

com'placently (adv)

Front 13

proliferation (n)
[pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn]

Back 13

1.the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
2.a rapid and often excessive spread or increase: nuclear proliferation.

Front 14

articulated (adj)
[ahr-tik-yuh-ley-tid]

Back 14

1.made clear or distinct: articulated sounds.
2.having a joint or joints; jointed: an articulated appendage.
3.(of a vehicle) built in sections that are hinged or otherwise connected so as to allow flexibility of movement: an articulated bus; an articulated locomotive.

Hint 14

articulate (v) (adj)
articulately (adv)
articulateness (n)
articulative (adj)

Front 15

vulnerable (adj)
[vuhl-ner-uh-buhl]

Back 15

1.capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
2.open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.: an argument vulnerable to refutation; He is vulnerable to bribery.
3.(of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend: a vulnerable bridge.
4.Bridge . having won one of the games of a rubber.

Hint 15

vul•ner•a•bil•i•ty, vulnerableness, noun
vulnerably, adverb
unvulnerable, adjective

Front 16

innovative (adj)
[in-uh-vey-tiv]

Back 16

tending to innovate or characterized by innovation.

Hint 16

innovate(v)
innovative/innovatory (adj)
innovator (n)

Front 17

violation (n)
[vahy-uh-ley-shuhn]

Back 17

1.the act of violating.
2.the state of being violated.
3.a breach, infringement, or transgression, as of a law, rule,promise, etc.: He was fined for a traffic violation.
4.desecration; profanation: the violation of a cemetery.
5.sexual molestation, especially rape.

Hint 17

violational, (adj)
violate (v) (adj)
violably (adv)

Front 18

fallible (adj)
[fal-uh-buhl]

Back 18

1.(of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived ormistaken.
2.liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate: fallibleinformation.

Hint 18

falli'bility (n)
'fallibleness (n)
'fallibly (adv)

Front 19

esoteric (adj)
[es-uh-ter-ik]

Back 19

1.understood by or meant for only the select few who havespecial knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full ofesoteric allusions.
2.belonging to the select few.
3.private; secret; confidential.
4.(of a philosophical doctrine or the like) intended to berevealed only to the initiates of a group: the esotericdoctrines of Pythagoras.

Hint 19

eso'terically (adv)
eso'tericism (n)

Front 20

emulation (n)
[em-yuh-ley-shuhn]

Back 20

1.effort or desire to equal or excel others.
2.Obsolete . jealous rivalry.

Front 21

accomplish (v)
[uh-kom-plish]

Back 21

1.to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish:to accomplish one's mission.
2.to complete (a distance or period of time): to haveaccomplished the age of 70; We accomplished the journey inlittle more than an hour.
3.Archaic . to provide polish to; perfect.

Hint 21

accomplishable, adjective
accomplisher, noun

Front 22

aesthetically (adv)
[es-thet-ik-lee or, especially Brit., ees-]

Back 22

1.according to aesthetics or its principles.
2.in an aesthetic manner.

Hint 22

aesthetic or esthetic (adj) (n)
aes'thetically (adv)
es'thetically or esthetic (adv)

Front 23

antipathy (n)
[an-tip-uh-thee]

Back 23

1.a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
2.an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.
3.an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.

Front 24

obsession (n)
[uhb-sesh-uhn]

Back 24

1.the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistentidea, image, desire, etc.
2.the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
3.the state of being obsessed.
4.the act of obsessing.

Hint 24

obessional (adj)
obsessionally (adv)

Front 25

illiterate (adj) (n)
[ih-lit-er-it]

Back 25

1.
unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
2.
having or demonstrating very little or no education.
3.
showing lack of culture, especially in language and literature.
4.
displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field: Heis musically illiterate.
5.(n) an illiterate person.

Hint 25

il'literacy (n)
il'literateness(n)
il'literately (adv)