Word Meanings 2021-06-17 (8 Words)

1) 

irresolute
/ɪˈrɛzəluːt/

adjective
adjective: irresolute

    showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.
    "she stood irresolute outside his door"

    Similar:
    indecisive
    hesitant
    tentative
    nervous
    weak
    vacillating
    equivocating
    dithering
    wavering
    teetering
    fluctuating
    faltering
    shilly-shallying
    ambivalent
    divided
    in two minds
    in a dilemma
    in a quandary
    torn
    doubtful
    in doubt
    full of doubt
    unsure
    uncertain
    undecided
    uncommitted
    unresolved
    undetermined
    iffy
    blowing hot and cold
    sitting on the fence

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2)

cardinal
/ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)l/

noun
noun: cardinal; plural noun: cardinals; noun: cardinal grosbeak subfamily; noun: common cardinal; plural noun: common cardinals; noun: northern cardinal; plural noun: northern cardinals

    1.
    a leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the Pope, and form the Sacred College which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number).
    "his appointment as cardinal"
        a deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal's cassock.
        noun: cardinal red; plural noun: cardinal reds
    2.
    a New World songbird of the bunting family, having a stout bill and typically a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in colour.

adjective
adjective: cardinal

    of the greatest importance; fundamental.
    "two cardinal points must be borne in mind"
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    Similar:
    fundamental

basic
main
chief
primary
prime
principal
premier
first
leading
capital
paramount
pre-eminent
important
major
foremost
top
topmost
greatest
highest
key
essential
vital
crucial
intrinsic
integral
elemental
rudimentary
root
radical


    Opposite:
    unimportant

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3)

hearken
/ˈhɑːk(ə)n/

verb
3rd person present: hearkens

    archaic
    listen.
    "he refused to hearken to Tom's words of wisdom"

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4) 

pithy
/ˈpɪθi/

adjective
adjective: pithy; comparative adjective: pithier; superlative adjective: pithiest

    1.
    (of a fruit or plant) containing much pith.
    2.
    (of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive.
    "his characteristically pithy comments"
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    succinct
    terse
    concise
    compact
    short
    short and sweet
    brief
    condensed
    compendious
    to the point
    summary
    epigrammatic
    crisp
    laconic
    pointed
    thumbnail
    significant
    meaningful
    expressive
    incisive
    forceful
    telling
    trenchant
    finely honed
    aphoristic
    sententious
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    Opposite:
    verbose
    long-winded
	
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levy
/ˈlɛvi/
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verb
verb: levy; 3rd person present: levies; past tense: levied; past participle: levied; gerund or present participle: levying

    1.
    impose (a tax, fee, or fine).
    "a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes"
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    Similar:
    impose

charge
exact
demand
raise
collect
gather
tax
mulct

    impose a tax, fee, or fine on.
    "there will be powers to levy the owner"
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    Similar:
    impose

charge
exact
demand
raise
collect
gather
tax

    mulct
    seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement.
    "there were no goods to levy upon"

2.
archaic
enlist (someone) for military service.
"he sought to levy one man from each vill for service"
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Similar:
conscript
call up
enlist
mobilize
rally
muster
marshal
press
recruit
raise
assemble
round up
draft
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Opposite:
demobilize

    disband
        begin to wage (war).
        "they then proceeded without further ceremony to levy war upon the king"

noun
noun: levy; plural noun: levies

    1.
    an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.
    "police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates"
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    Similar:
    tax

tariff
toll
excise
duty
fee
imposition
impost
exaction
assessment
tithe
payment
mulct
taxation
customs
dues

    a tax raised by levying.
    "we all pay a fossil fuel levy in our electricity bills"
    a sum collected as a supplement to an existing subscription.
    "the trade-union political levy"
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    Similar:
    imposition

charging
exaction
raising
collection

    gathering
    an item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement.

2.
historical
an act of enlisting troops.
"Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army"

    a body of troops that have been enlisted.
    "lightly armed local levies"
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    Similar:
    conscripts

        militia

Origin
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’.
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levy is sometimes confused with levee

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6) 

commissariat
/ˌkɒmɪˈsɛːrɪət/
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noun
noun: commissariat; plural noun: commissariats

    1.
    Military
    a department for the supply of food and equipment.
    2.
    a government department of the USSR before 1946.
	
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7)

mulct
/mʌlkt/

formal
verb
past tense: mulcted; past participle: mulcted

    extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.
        take money or possessions from (someone) by fraudulent means.
        "a rapacious old woman who would never miss the few dollars mulcted of her"

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8)

rapacious
/rəˈpeɪʃəs/

adjective: rapacious

    aggressively greedy or grasping.
    "rapacious landlords"

    Similar:
    grasping
    greedy
    avaricious
    acquisitive
    covetous
    mercenary
    materialistic
    insatiable
    predatory
    voracious
    usurious
    extortionate
    money-grubbing
    grabby
    
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