Definition Dictionary

To choose not to participate in or consume something.

The deliberate practice of refraining from something.

To make room for, adapt to, or meet the needs of someone or something.

To recognize or admit that something exists or is true.

To cause someone to act or something to operate.

Something added to a main activity or item in a supporting role.

To make something more attractive by adding decoration.

To make something less pure by mixing in another substance.

To publicly support or argue in favor of something.

A natural liking for, attraction to, or connection with something.

To state positively that something is true or to express firm support for it.

A whole formed by combining several separate parts.

One word family: also includes aggregation.

To assert that something happened or is true before it has been proved.

To refer to something indirectly without naming or explaining it fully.

An indirect reference to something presumed to be familiar.

To combine separate parts into a unified whole.

One word family: also includes amalgamation.

Having mixed or conflicting feelings about something.

One word family: also includes ambivalence.

Something placed in, or belonging to, an inappropriate historical period.

One word family: also includes anachronistic.

A comparison that uses a relevant similarity to explain or understand something.

Strong hostility or ill will toward someone or something.

To declare something invalid or cancel its force or effect.

So mild or uncontroversial that it is unlikely to offend.

Something that differs from what is usual or expected.

One word family: also includes anomalous.

Something that came earlier and helped shape a later event or development.