Week 2
To lessen, reduce, or remove (especially a nuisance)
What is abated?
To be based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
What is empirical?
Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
What is incremental?
To prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false
What is to refute?
A twisting force that tends to cause rotation:
What is torque?
To steal things of relatively little value
What is to pilfer?
Like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere
What is cavernous?
A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time
What is retrospect?
To overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with
What is inundated?
A person who is fond of or greatly admires England or Britain.
What is an anglophile?
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
cacophony
Requiring or using great exertion
What is strenuous?
A substance made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product
A small or meager amount
What is paltry?
Old-fashioned or outdated
What is antiquated?
To overcome a difficulty or obstacle
What is surmountable?
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness
What is integrity?
In a permanent, essential, or characteristic way
What is inherently?
To analyze an object
What is to parse?
Seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating
What is daunting?