fac·ile play_w(“F0005500″)
(f
s
l)adj.
1. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy. See Synonyms at easy.
2. Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency.
3. Arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: proposed a facile solution to a complex problem.
4. Readily manifested, together with an aura of insincerity and lack of depth: a facile slogan devised by politicians.
5. Archaic Pleasingly mild, as in disposition or
ar·du·ous play_w(“A0413600″)
(ärj
-s)
adj.
1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult: “the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language” Thomas Macaulay.
2. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous: a long, arduous, and exhausting war.
3. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount. See Synonyms at burdensome, hard.
di·chot·o·my play_w(“D0205000″)
(d
-k
t-m
)
n. pl. di·chot·o·mies
1. Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions: “the dichotomy of the one and the many” Louis Auchincloss.
2. Astronomy The phase of the moon, Mercury, or Venus when half of the disk is illuminated.
3. Botany Branching characterized by successive forking into two approximately equal divisions.
u·biq·ui·tous play_w(“U0001600″)
(y-b
kw-ts)adj. Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
eg:- as ubiquitously as the World Wide Web
trea·tise play_w(“T0334200″)
(trts)
n.
1. A systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject.
2. Obsolete A tale or narrative.
tout play_w(“T0291400″)
(tout)
v. tout·ed, tout·ing, touts
v.intr.
1. To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way.
2. To obtain and deal in information on racehorses.
v.tr.
1. To solicit or importune: street vendors who were touting pedestrians.
stri·dent play_w(“S0808100″)
(strdnt)adj. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant.
con·spic·u·ous play_w(“C0586300″)
(kn-spky-s)
adj.
1. Easy to notice; obvious.
2. Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable. See Synonyms at noticeable.
squab·ble play_w(“S0679400″)
(skwbl)
intr.v. squab·bled, squab·bling, squab·bles
To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; wrangle. See Synonyms at argue.
n.
A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter.
drudg·er·y play_w(“D0399700″)
(dr
j-r)n. pl. drudg·er·ies Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work.
