Day24

1.disinter

verb

dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse).

synonyms:

exhume, unearth, dig up, disentomb

"the defense attorney requested that the body be disinterred for further examination"

discover (something that is well hidden).

"he has disinterred and translated an important collection of writings"

2.tablet

noun

a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.

synonyms:

slab, stone, panel, plaque, plate, sign

"a carved tablet"

a small disk or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug; a pill.

synonyms:

pill, capsule, lozenge, caplet, pastille, drop, pilule;

informaltab

"a headache tablet"

3.postal

relating to the post office or the mail.

"increased postal rates"

noun

USinformal

another term for postcard.

4.clay

a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.

synonyms:

china clay, kaolin, adobe, ball clay, argil, pug;

fireclay

"potter's clay"

technical

sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.00016 inch (0.004 mm).

a hardened clay surface for a tennis court.

5.overflow

verb

ˌōvərˈflō/

(especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.

"chemicals overflowed from a storage tank"

synonyms:

overfull, full to overflowing/bursting, spilling over, running over, crammed full, overcrowded, overloaded;

noun

ˈōvərˌflō/

the excess or surplus not able to be accommodated by an available space.

"to accommodate the overflow, five more offices have been built"

synonyms:

surplus, excess, additional people/things, extra people/things, remainder, overspill

"to accommodate the overflow, five more offices were built"

(in a bathtub or sink) an outlet for excess water.

6.barbarism

noun

absence of culture and civilization.

"the collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism"

extreme cruelty or brutality.

"she called the execution an act of barbarism"

7.erect

rigidly upright or straight.

"she stood erect with her arms by her sides"

synonyms:

upright, straight, vertical, perpendicular;

verb

construct (a building, wall, or other upright structure).

"the guest house was erected in the eighteenth century"

synonyms:

build, construct, put up; More

8.decrepit

(of a person) elderly and infirm.

"a decrepit old drunk"

synonyms:

feeble, infirm, weak, weakly, frail;

worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.

"centuries-old buildings, now decrepit and black with soot"

synonyms:

dilapidated, rickety, run-down, tumbledown, beat-up, ramshackle, derelict, ruined, in (a state of) disrepair, gone to rack and ruin; More

9.dwarf

noun

(in folklore or fantasy literature) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike creatures who are generally skilled in mining and metalworking.

synonyms:

gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, troll, imp, halfling, elf, brownie, leprechaun

"the wizard captured the dwarf"

ASTRONOMY

a star of relatively small size and low luminosity, including the majority of main sequence stars.

verb

cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison.

"the buildings surround and dwarf All Saints Church"

synonyms:

dominate, tower over, loom over, overshadow, overtop

10.contemporaneous

adjective

existing or occurring in the same period of time.

"Pythagoras was contemporaneous with Buddha"

11.inscription

words inscribed, as on a monument or in a book.

"the inscription on her headstone"

synonyms:

engraving, etching;

the action of inscribing something.

"the inscription of memorable utterances on durable materials"

12.obsidian vases

Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock. It is produced when felsic lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.

13.stamp （with）

verb

bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.

"he stamped his foot in frustration"

impress a pattern or mark, especially an official one, on (a surface, object, or document) using an engraved or inked block or die or other instrument.

"the woman stamped my passport"

synonyms:

imprint, print, impress, punch, inscribe, emboss, brand, frank

"the name is stamped on the cover"

noun

an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

a small adhesive piece of paper stuck to something to show that an amount of money has been paid, in particular a postage stamp.

"a first-class stamp"

14.voluminous

adjective

occupying or containing much space; large in volume, in particular.

(of clothing or drapery) loose and ample.

adjective: voluminous

synonyms:

capacious, roomy, spacious, ample, full, big, large, bulky, extensive, sizable, generous;

(of writing) very lengthy and full.

15.glean

verb

extract (information) from various sources.

"the information is gleaned from press clippings"

synonyms:

obtain, get, take, draw, derive, extract, cull, garner, gather;

collect gradually and bit by bit.

"objects gleaned from local markets"

historical

gather (leftover grain or other produce) after a harvest.

"the conditions of farm workers in the 1890s made gleaning essential"

16.genealogy

a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

"combing through the birth records and genealogies"

synonyms:

lineage, line, line of descent, family tree, bloodline;

the study and tracing of lines of descent or development.

a plant's or animal's line of evolutionary development from earlier forms.

17.exodus

noun

a mass departure of people, especially emigrants.

synonyms:

mass departure, withdrawal, evacuation, leaving;

the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

noun: Exodus; plural noun: the Exodus

18.forthcoming

adjective

planned for or about to happen in the near future.

"the forthcoming baseball season"

synonyms:

imminent, impending, coming, upcoming, approaching, future;

(of something required) ready or made available when wanted or needed.

"financial support was not forthcoming"

synonyms:

available, ready, at hand, accessible, obtainable, at someone's disposal, obtained, given, vouchsafed to someone; More

19.supplement

something that completes or enhances something else when added to it.

"the handout is a supplement to the official manual"

synonyms:

addition, accessory, supplementation, supplementary, extra, add-on, adjunct, appendage;

GEOMETRY

the amount by which an angle is less than 180°.

verb

ˈsəpləˌment,ˈsəpləmənt/

add an extra element or amount to.

"she took the job to supplement her husband's income"

synonyms:

augment, increase, add to, boost, swell, amplify, enlarge, top up

"they supplemented their incomes by waiting tables on weekends"

20.heyday

the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.

synonyms:

prime, peak, height, pinnacle, summit, apex, acme, zenith, climax, high point;More

"the paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964"

21.etymological

relating to the origin and historical development of words and their meanings.

"an etymological dictionary"

22.papyri papyrus

a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.

a document written on papyrus.

plural noun: papyri

Origin

23.subject-vassal

A vassal or feudatory[1] is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including land held as a tenant or fief.[2] The term is applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies.

In contrast, a fidelity, or fidelitas, was a sworn, unconditional loyalty to a monarch.[3]

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