Definition Dictionary

Happening by chance rather than by design.

To encourage the growth or development of something.

A supporting structure or organized set of ideas used to guide understanding or action.

Open, sincere, and direct in expressing what one thinks.

A speech sound made by forcing air through a narrow passage.

Playful and full of lively high spirits.

Careful to avoid unnecessary spending or waste.

One word family: also includes frugality.

Producing useful results, successful ideas, or abundant growth.

Passing away or lasting only briefly.

To protest or denounce something loudly and forcefully.

Basic and essential to the nature or functioning of something.

Resembling a funeral in solemnity, gloom, or slow pace.

Secretive in a way that suggests an attempt to avoid notice.

The joining of separate elements into a combined whole.

Unable to achieve the intended result.