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gawk

[gawk]

to stare stupidly; gape

navigate

[nav-i-geyt]

to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship, aircraft, etc.

passion

[p-aszhun]

intense emotion, enthusiasm, or desire, often for something or someone.

diphthong

[dif-thawng]

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

pungent

[puhn-juhnt]

sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid

gallant

[gal-uhnt ]

brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous

inoculate

[ih-nok-yuh-leyt]

to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance

nourish

[nur-ish]

to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth

luminary

[loo-muh-ner-ee]

a body, object, etc. that gives light

quantitative

[kwon-ti-tey-tiv]

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality

circumspect

[sur-kuhm-spekt]

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered

consolidate

[kuhn-sol-i-deyt]

to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine

mystifying

[mis-tuh-fahy-ing]

to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely

jubilant

[joo-buh-luhnt]

showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant

yearning

[yur-ning]

deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

sienna

[see-en-uh]

a ferruginous earth used used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)

glean

[gleen]

to collect or gather anything little by little or slowly

open

[oh-puhn]

not closed or locked; accessible to others

brumal

[broo-muhl]

wintry

intellect

[in-tuh-lekt]

the ability to think and reason

salient

[sey-lee-uhnt]

prominent or conspicuous

inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

spondee

[spon-dee]

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

malapropism

[mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm]

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound