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| Explanation of apathy (noun) lack of emotion or interest; indifference; disinterest Sample of apathy He showed apathy when his relative was injured. The disheartened peasants expressed apathy toward the new law which promised new hope and prosperity for all.
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| Explanation of parody (noun) piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation Sample of parody The play was a parody of the Prince and Princess's marital difficulties. Ugh! This is a parody of a fashionable dress!
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| Explanation of expatriate (noun) person who lives in a foreign country Sample of expatriate The very pages of his own magazine express the discernibly patronizing indulgence that it seems the American expatriate community extended to him.
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| Explanation of labyrinth (noun) maze; complicated network of passages; something confusing or bewildering Sample of labyrinth Be careful not to get lost in the labyrinth of vegetation.
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| Explanation of cosmopolitan (noun) person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world Sample of cosmopolitan Ultimately, many cosmopolitans had to accommodate what seems like a psychological imperative: that we have duties first and foremost to our intimates, for what use is a moral system that is wholly out of touch with the people it purports to guide?
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| Explanation of genesis (noun) origin; beginning; creation Sample of genesis In Port Elizabeth, within the fold of the South African Air Force Museum, a small group of volunteers have taken on not only the genesis of a regional museum, but the task of bringing an Airspeed Oxford back to life.
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| Explanation of dilemma (noun) difficult situation; difficult decision Sample of dilemma The observational data show that Easton's neighborhood police have two recipes for resolving this dilemma and its associated conundrum.
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| Explanation of compunction (noun) regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience Sample of compunction North listened to this impassively; when it was over his eyes filled with tears, but these were not necessarily tears of compunction. Without compunction, Fox kicked him awake. So she had no compunction, I think, in allowing your father to be lured into danger, so that the demoiselle would leave the City to follow him.
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| Explanation of ken (noun) one's understanding; perception; consciousness; knowledge; awareness Sample of ken My ken of the situation proved to be incorrect.
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| Explanation of idiosyncrasy (noun) personal peculiarity; mannerism; eccentricity Sample of idiosyncrasy Her tendency to bite her lip is an idiosyncrasy.
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