What's that Word?
A person.
What is a mortal?
Words that are nearly opposite in meaning.
What are antonyms?
Greek, for animals
What is zoo?
To look, esp. closely or curiously; to peer inquisitively or intrusively; to seek out secret or private information, to spy.
What is prying?
Dissimilarity, analogy, similitude, likeness
What is dissimilarity?
Reading, thinking, and study as opposed to technical or practical work.
What is academic?
The basic, literal meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
Greek, for light.
What is photo/phos?
Having no definite aim or purpose; not sent or guided in a particular direction; made, done, occurring, etc.; without method or conscious choice; haphazard.
What is random?
Dogma, doctrine, practice, credo
What is practice?
Of a phrase, subject, etc.: made trite, uninteresting, or commonplace through familiarity or overuse; stale, tired; banal.
What is hackneyed?
In dictionaries, these are used to restrict the use of a word in accordance to 1) subject, 2) time, 3) place, and 4) level of usage.
What are labels?
Greek, for birth.
What is gen?
Of a circle: Not concentric with another circle. Of two or more circles: Not mutually concentric.
Inclination, antipathy, disposition, proclivity
What is antipathy?
Dealing with matters in accordance with practical rather than theoretical considerations or general principles; aiming at what is achievable rather than ideal.
What is pragmatic?
Words that are more common in speech than writing.
What are colloquialisms?
Latin, for leaf.
What is foli?
Characterized by a sarcastically critical or mocking attitude to a person, situation, etc., especially one viewed as foolish or immoral; expressing criticism in a sarcastic or mocking way.
What is satirical?
Upgrade, consign, demote, relegate
What is upgrade?
Lacking or not exercising foresight; having little regard for the future; heedless of potential consequences or outcomes; reckless.
What is improvident?
These are commonplace phrases in a language which often violate conventional grammar or logic.
What are idioms?
Latin, for seed.
What is semin?
Disturbing or designed to disturb progress, a plan, etc.; disruptive.
What is disconcerting?
Profligate, extravagant, improvident, cautious
What is cautious?