Educational

portend

[pawr-tend]

to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

undulate

[uhn-juh-leyt]

to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement

incendiary

[in-sen-dee-er-ee]

used or adapted for setting property on fire

submerged

[suhb-murjd]

plunged into water or other fluid.

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

yearning

[yur-ning]

deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

obliterate

[uh-blit-uh-reyt]

to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface

tyro

[tahy-roh]

a beginner in learning anything; novice

embarcadero

[em-bahr-kuh-dair-oh]

a pier, wharf, or landing place

pungent

[puhn-juhnt]

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

admonish

[ad-mon-ish]

to caution, advise, or counsel against something

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)

ablate

[a-bleyt]

to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.

spawned

[spawnd]

brought forth ; generated, produced.

carnation

[kahr-ney-shuhn]

any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio

arduous

[ahr-joo-uhs]

requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

affluent

[af-loo-uhnt]

having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich

septuagenarian

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

a person who is between 70 and 80 years old

commemorate

[kuh-mem-uh-reyt]

to serve as a memorial or reminder of

sienna

[see-en-uh]

the color of such a pigment

parboil

[pahr-boil]

to boil for a short amount of time; pre-cook

writhe

[rahyth]

to shrink mentally in discomfort or embarrassment.

ailurophile

[ahy-loor-uh-fahyl]

a person who likes cats; cat fancier

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

guru

[goo-roo]

a spiritual teacher, especially one who imparts initiation.