Definition Dictionary

Quick and skillful in action.

No longer existing or functioning.

To discourage an action or make it less likely to occur.

Something that discourages an action.

To reduce the value, quality, or appeal of something, usually in the phrase detract from.

A disparaging statement or action that diminishes someone's merit.

Deeply committed to religious belief or practice.

Intended to teach, sometimes in an overly instructive manner.

A difficult situation requiring a choice between unsatisfactory alternatives.

An authoritative instruction that guides an action or procedure.

Dissatisfaction with one's situation or circumstances.

Able to recognize fine differences in quality or character.

Not actively involved or mentally and emotionally invested.

A person's usual temperament or tendency to act in a certain way.

Different in important qualities or characteristics.

To extract the essential meaning or qualities from a larger whole.

Having a quality that makes someone or something recognizable and different from others.

Inactive for a time but capable of becoming active.

Severe or extreme in action, effect, or extent.

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

Characterized by activity or change, or by interactions that produce change.

Drawing ideas, styles, or elements from varied sources.

One word family: also includes eclecticism.

A community of organisms together with the physical environment with which they interact.

To gradually intrude on another person's space, time, or rights.

One word family: also includes encroachment.