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| Description of tremulous (adjective) frightened; quivering Samples of tremulous This scarcely perceptible but ubiquitous twitching, described by Ludens as like the slight tremulous movement of leaves on a tree or ripples on a pool, was one of the strangest, and in an odd way most convincing manifestations of the raising of Patrick.
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| Description of curb (noun) restraint; framework; raised edge of a sidewalk Samples of curb A curb was put up along the street to help drainage.
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| Description of grimace (noun) distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling; anger; disapproval Samples of grimace Little did he know that it wasn't a smile, but a grimace of pain.
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| Description of compendious (adjective) shortened; summarized Samples of compendious The origins of modern local government in the many single-purpose authorities created in the nineteenth century continued to be reflected in the strength of departmental organization in the newly created compendious authorities.
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| Description of analogy (noun) similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability Samples of analogy The teacher used an analogy to describe the similarities between the two books. Comparing the newly discovered virus with one found long ago, the scientist made an analogy between the two organisms.
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| Description of callous (adjective) unfeeling; insensitive; hard Samples of callous The ideal pecuniary man is like the ideal delinquent in his unscrupulous conversion of goods and persons to his own ends, and in a callous disregard for the feelings and wishes of others and of the remoter effects of his actions. A radical criminology which appears to deny this will be seen as callous and rightly rejected.
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| Description of spurn (verb) to push away; to repel; to reject Samples of spurn It emphasizes the huge element of mystery and uncertainty in voters' behavior, which makes them spurn the most fluent campaigns and ignore the gaffes and trifles which dominate television news bulletins and front pages. The woman spurned the advances of her suitor, saying she wasn't ready for a commitment.
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| Description of temporize (verb) to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer Samples of temporize The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics, missed because Mary of Guise still temporized, still would not put the weight of the state behind that of the church.
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| Description of fathom (noun) nautical unit of depth; unit of length equal to six feet Samples of fathom The submarine cruised at 17 fathoms below the surface.
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| Description of stringent (adjective) severe; demanding; strict; binding; constraining Samples of stringent Everyone who deals in chemical purchasing knows that in many cases, one is forced by prepackaging and stringent sales requirements to purchase substantially more of a given compound than is required.
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