Definition Dictionary

Wastefully extravagant in spending or use of resources.

Extraordinarily great in size, amount, or ability.

The ability or rate of producing useful work, results, or goods.

To express an idea clearly and effectively in words.

One word family: also includes articulateness, articulation.

Having an effect that works against the intended goal.

Lacking confidence in one's own abilities or position.

One word family: also includes diffidence.

Disagreement that produces division within a group.

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

Successful in producing an intended result.

Capable of producing the intended effect.

The ability to produce an intended result.

To cause a feeling, situation, or condition to arise.

Relating to eugenics, the scientifically discredited belief that controlling human reproduction could improve populations.

Highly fertile or productive, including in ideas.

A speech sound made by forcing air through a narrow passage.

Producing useful results, successful ideas, or abundant growth.

To provoke or urge someone into action.

The value of final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a specified period.

Based on or producing a misleading appearance or illusion.

The secretion or shedding of tears.

Producing substantial financial gain.

Produced or offered in large amounts.

Producing a large quantity of work or results.

To produce and release a substance; in another sense, to hide something.