Definition Dictionary

A remark that attacks someone's character or reputation.

A strong hope or ambition for future achievement.

The distance between what someone hopes to attain and their present resources or circumstances.

To state firmly or put forward a claim or position.

Confident and direct in expressing a position or acting on it.

The division of investments among different types of assets, such as stocks, bonds, and cash.

Showing persistent care, attention, and effort.

To absorb new information or incorporate something into a larger whole.

To make an unpleasant feeling or condition less intense.

Something accepted as true for the purpose of reasoning, without necessarily having been established.

A statement or promise intended to establish confidence or remove doubt.

A refractive error in which the shape of the cornea or eye lens causes light to focus unevenly, potentially blurring or distorting vision.

Quick to notice and understand important details.

One word family: also includes astuteness.

Resembling or reverting to an ancestral or primitive pattern.

To waste away or become weaker through lack of use.

Giving careful attention or showing thoughtful concern for another person's needs.

To reduce the force, intensity, or extent of something.

To regard something as caused by or belonging to someone or something.

One word family: also includes attribution.

Different from the usual pattern or type.

Boldly willing to take risks or challenge expectations.

Boldness, sometimes shown with disregard for expected limits.

Suggesting favorable conditions or a promising outcome.

Severely plain, restrained, or lacking comforts and ornament.

Genuine in origin or character rather than copied, invented, or falsely presented.