Educational

incendiary

[in-sen-dee-er-ee]

tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.; inflammatory

hazy

[hey-zee]

lacking distinctness or clarity; vague; indefinite; obscure; confused

plethora

[pleth-er-uh]

overabundance; excess

askance

[uh-skans]

with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval

complacency

[kuhm-pley-suhn-see ]

a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

vermouth

[ver-mooth]

a white wine in which herbs, roots, barks, and bitters have been steeped to make it aromatic

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)

constituent

[co-nst-ent]

an essential part

beseech

[bih-seech]

to implore urgently

harmony

[har-muh-nee]

compatibility in opinion and action

equinox

[ee-kwuh-noks]

the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length

treacle

[tree-kuhl]

contrived or unrestrained sentimentality

septuagenarian

[sep-choo-uh-juh-nair-ee-uhn]

a person who is between 70 and 80 years old

cinematic

[sin-uh-mat-ik]

having to do with movies, as either an industry or an art form

venerate

[ven-uh-reyt]

to regard or treat with reverence; revere

prerogative

[pri-rog-uh-tiv]

a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category

arduous

[ahr-joo-uhs]

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

meander

[mee-an-der]

to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course

bandicoot

[ban-di-koot]

a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea

bolt

[bohlt]

a metal pin or fastener; to run away suddenly

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

salient

[sey-lee-uhnt]

prominent or conspicuous

pontificate

[pon-tif-i-keyt]

express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic

ptarmigan

[tahr-mi-guhn]

any of the several birds from the genus Lagopus