Definition Dictionary

An authoritative instruction that guides an action or procedure.

Soft, boggy ground; figuratively, a difficult situation from which escape is hard.

Humor, irony, or exaggeration used to expose and criticize faults or wrongdoing.

To happen, or to become known after having been unclear.

Agreement with a rule, standard, or stated requirement.

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

The direct opposite of something.

The deliberate, unlawful burning of property.

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

Following a winding or indirect route; also indirect in expression or action.

Based on surrounding facts that support an inference about what happened.

To become tiresome or unpleasant through an excess of something initially pleasing.

The act of following a request, rule, or requirement.

Willing to follow instructions or meeting stated requirements.

Required rather than optional, usually by a rule or authority.

Depending on a requirement, circumstance, or event being satisfied.

Helping to bring about or support a desired result.

An associated idea or feeling beyond a word's direct meaning.

An event or condition that might occur and may require a response.

Entirely lacking a specified quality or thing.

Confusion about one's surroundings, direction, time, or circumstances.

Different in kind or difficult to compare directly.

To move apart or develop in different directions.

Able to be drawn into wire or shaped; figuratively, easily led or influenced.