Definition Dictionary

Providing a useful lesson or clearer understanding.

Refusal to obey or acknowledge legitimate authority.

Lacking strength, solidity, or enough supporting substance.

Extremely difficult to tolerate.

An amount, quality, or supply that is not enough for a particular purpose.

Narrow in outlook or isolated from outside ideas and influences.

Impossible to overcome.

A person who rises in rebellion against established authority.

Too great or difficult to overcome.

A violent uprising against an established government or authority.

Essential to the completeness or functioning of a whole.

To combine parts into a functioning whole.

Honesty and adherence to principles, or the soundness of a whole.

Relating to thought, understanding, or the exercise of the mind.

A lack of moderation or self-restraint.

Able to replace one another in use without an important difference.

To prohibit or stop by an authoritative order.

The interval before a permanent arrangement or later event.

A brief intervening period or episode.

Seeming to continue endlessly.

Occurring at intervals with pauses between.

An explanation of what something means, or a particular way of presenting a work.

Involving choices, comparisons, or effects across different times.

To become involved in order to affect a situation.