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| Explanation of dilute (verb) forms: diluted; diluting; dilutes to weaken by adding something less strong to the original (e.g. a mixture) Sample of dilute Bartenders often dilute drinks with water to save money on ingredients.
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| Explanation of infallible (adjective) forms: more infallible; most infallible; less infallible; least infallible unable to make a mistake or error Sample of infallible A computer's advice is said to be completely infallible. If there were a check, one need not require it to be an infallible one; the fact that we might always be wrong about how the original sensation was (a sort of memory scepticism) is not a part of the argument at all.
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| Explanation of elate (verb) forms: elated; elating; elates to make happy; to cause good feelings Sample of elate He tried to elate her spirits but it was to no avail. The poem's language has also advanced from the darkness and dullness in which it began to a more pleasant and brighter world with words like, "white", "light" and "elate", bringing forth a totally new mood.
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| Explanation of penitent (adjective) forms: penitent; more penitent; most penitent; less penitent; least penitent to show remorse; repentant Sample of penitent One must appear to be penitent when one goes to court if he or she is obviously guilty.
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| Explanation of incognito (adjective) forms: more incognito; most incognito; less incognito; least incognito with real identity hidden; in disguise Sample of incognito James Bond had to stay incognito so his cover would not be blown. Incognito, he worked as a ferryman and lived in Biddick boat-house for over twenty years, when a terrible flood robbed him of his possessions and his proof of identification. The gesture conveys gratitude for the kindness, and allegedly commemorates an emperor who, curious to taste the life of his common people, stayed incognito at an inn with two companions.
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| Explanation of practicable (adjective) forms: practicable; more practicable; most practicable; less practicable; least practicable capable of doing something; describing something that can be done Sample of practicable The idea was practicable, so they began work the very next day. When it comes to sharing development and production with our European partners, we have the common aims of all middle powers: protecting our own national armament industries; and preserving the greatest practicable measure of military independence.
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| Explanation of evoke (verb) forms: evoked; evoking; evokes to bring out; to summon; to recall to memory; to create new thoughts Sample of evoke The scenery evoked old memories. A desire that Tony had never evoked in her floated through her veins like liquid fire, and she found herself responding eagerly, wantonly, to his caresses.
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| Explanation of dispel (verb) forms: dispelled; dispelling; dispels to drive away Sample of dispel The king can dispel unwanted groups whenever he sees fit. By the end of a week she was little more than a living skeleton: her hand lay all day long in Jennifer's, and from time to time she would open her eyes, staring pathetically up, with a mute pleading in her expression that no words of comfort or whispered prayers could dispel.
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| Explanation of devious (adjective) forms: more devious; most devious; less devious; least devious indirect; sly Sample of devious No one could trust Ted. He seemed too devious about everything he did. Some researchers had become so daunted by the devious nature of the virus, which can hide within the cells of the body, that they felt a vaccine would be impossible.
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| Explanation of perennial (adjective) forms: perennial; more perennial; most perennial; less perennial; least perennial long time effects; lasts for a longer period of time Sample of perennial The perennial stream was a great source of fish for the local tribe.
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