Hard English Words: Study Tools

sparing in consumption of especially food and drink, marked by temperance in indulgence

estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy

type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus

having or showing a ready disposition to fight

any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities

weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of

the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents

practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

divide unfairly and to one's advantage, of voting districts

function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues

officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

the basic structure or features of a system or organization

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus

massive and extremely remote celestial object

a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents

relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith

full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

a political system governed by a few people

showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas

excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal