Definition Dictionary

To grow or develop rapidly.

To polish a surface or improve the appearance of something.

To strengthen or support.

Harshly discordant or unpleasantly noisy.

Very pale, thin, and corpse-like in appearance.

Deliberately planned to achieve a particular result.

The level of quality or ability of someone or something.

Showing an unfeeling disregard for other people's difficulties.

Inexperienced and immature.

Open and honest expression.

To officially recognize as a saint; figuratively, to treat as beyond criticism.

An investment objective focused on protecting the original amount invested and limiting losses.

To stop resisting and accept another side's demands.

Changing unpredictably according to whim rather than consistent reasons.

Disposed to find petty faults or raise objections.

So appealing or interesting that it strongly holds attention.

Of primary or fundamental importance.

One of the four traditional virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

A portrayal that exaggerates selected traits, often for humor or criticism.

To drink and celebrate noisily with others.

The decaying flesh of dead animals.

Broad freedom or authority to act as one chooses.

To criticize or reprimand severely.

One word family: also includes castigation.

Something that brings about or accelerates a change.