Definition Dictionary

To destroy, especially by fire, or offer as a sacrifice.

To confine or shut someone away.

Unable to be changed.

A reduction or loss in an ability, function, or working capacity.

To communicate information or provide a particular quality to something.

Fair and not favoring one side or interest.

Fairness that avoids favoring a person, side, or viewpoint without reason.

A point where progress stops because agreement is impossible.

Showing little or no outward emotion.

To question credibility or, in government, formally accuse an official of misconduct.

Free from faults or errors.

Something that obstructs or makes progress difficult.

To drive or strongly urge someone or something toward action.

About to happen, often with a sense of significance or threat.

Unable to be entered or passed through; also impossible to understand or interpret.

Essential or urgently necessary.

Domineering and expecting immediate obedience.

Not allowing a substance to pass through.

Rudely disrespectful; sometimes, irrelevant to the matter.

Not allowing passage through; figuratively, unaffected by an influence.

Acting hastily on impulse without enough consideration.

Not seeming reasonable or believable.

To put a plan, decision, or method into effect.

A possible consequence or a meaning suggested without being stated directly.