[ tur -bid] 1. not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured: the turbid waters near the waterfall. 2. thick or dense, as smoke or clouds. 3. confused; muddled; disturbed: turbid feelings. Behind the fog there was the flowing of water, the cracking an...

pur -k wuh -zit] 1.an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages: Among the president's perquisites were free use of a company car and paid membership in a country club. 2.a gratuity or tip. 3.something demanded or due as a particular privil...

[ fey -nee- uh nt] Having a slothful temper and a disposition to remain idly indifferent in spite of pressure or urgency The faineant Kings even at fourteen years, and their children were miserable weaklings. As kings they had only the semblance of power; they remained shut up in their villae surrou...

[mer- kyoor -ee- uh l] 1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature. 2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted. He was not a mercurial man, who easily changed his point of view. She has her own occupations to attend to; and besides, she is too old to run after a child, an...

[ ahr -bi-trahzh] The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy. The arbitrage refers to oil product flows such as jet fuel and diesel mainly to Europe when prices in the East lag those in the West. Although risk arbitrage...

[fiz-ee- og -n uh -mee, - on -uh-mee] 1. the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy . 2. the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, esp. of the face. 3. the outward appearance of anything, ...

[ uh b- trood ] 1. to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others. 2. to thrust forth; push out. No--there is something else concerning which I should like to write to you, but am afraid to obtrude upon your notice. Unwilling...

[dih- sim - yuh -leyt] to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival. We have not the strength with which to fight this man; we must dissimulate , and win, if win we can, by craft. He rubbed his hands, he laughed with that inward mirth wh...

1. Of questionable authorship or authenticity.
2. Erroneous; fictitious

Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd...raced through Russia's trenches"

What apocryphal, ill-devised incidents, attributing to one saint the miracles of another

[ri- dout ] 1. A small, often temporary defensive fortification. 2. A reinforcing earthwork or breastwork within a permanent rampart. 3. A protected place of refuge or defense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Devonshire_Redoubt_%28Bermuda%29.png Great mounds had been heaped about ...

[nesh-uh ns, nesh-ee-uh ns, nes-ee-]

1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.
2. agnosticism.

In such a naked state of nescience, Valentin had a view and a method of his own.

[ rik -t uh s] 1. the gape of the mouth of a bird. 2. the gaping or opening of the mouth; a fixed or unnatural grin or grimace, as in horror or death his mouth gaping in a kind of rictus of startled alarm He drives an immaculate car and at parties his sartorial appearance leaves others betraying a r...

[ am -bit] 1. circumference; circuit. 2. boundary; limit. 3. a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope: the ambit of such an action. Whatever the ambit of power conferred upon any organ of the United Nations, that may be ascertained only from the terms of the of the Charter itself. A consciou...

1. done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house. 2. producing a powerful effect; having force; effective. 3. convincing, as reasoning: a forcible theory. 4. characterized by the use of force or violence. I had been reading these books without his knowledge, and thus he was often at a loss ...

[ pyoo - uh - suh nt, pyoo- is - uh nt, pwis - uh nt] powerful; mighty; potent. The emperor concluded me to be drowned, and that the enemy's fleet was approaching in a hostile manner: but he was soon eased of his fears; for the channel growing shallower every step I made, I came in a short time with...