Definition Dictionary

Extremely thin and weakened, especially through lack of nourishment.

To take away the strength, effectiveness, or power of something.

A person or thing that gives a clear, concrete expression to an idea or quality.

To express the essential features of something briefly.

To include or surround within a larger whole.

Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.

Originating within the system or organism being considered.

Absorbed in something to the exclusion of other concerns.

Something puzzling or difficult to understand.

To attract or persuade someone by offering something appealing.

A person or thing that perfectly represents a quality or type.

To represent the essential qualities of something.

To deliberately avoid or abstain from something.

The central or defining quality of something.

To avoid something by maneuvering around it or refusing to address it directly.

To raise someone or something in rank, esteem, or praise.

To remove or destroy something completely.

Obtaining something through threats or coercive pressure.

Coming from outside rather than belonging to a thing's essential nature.

A smaller group within a larger one that pursues its own aims or position.

To display something conspicuously in order to impress.

To impose something unwanted on another person, often deceptively.

To anticipate or recognize that something is likely to happen.

To prevent or delay something through earlier action.