1.fastidious[fa-STID-ee-uh’s,fuh’-]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. difficult to please; excessively critical; having high and often whimsical standards
2. requiring or displaying excessive care and delicacy
2. requiring or displaying excessive care and delicacy
2.kindle[KIN-dl]
[intransitive verb,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (tr. v.) to build or fuel a fire; to ignite
2. (tr. v.) to light up
3. (tr. v.) to arouse an emotion
4. (intr. v.) to burst into flames
5. (intr. v.) to become inflamed
6. to be stirred up
2. (tr. v.) to light up
3. (tr. v.) to arouse an emotion
4. (intr. v.) to burst into flames
5. (intr. v.) to become inflamed
6. to be stirred up
3.artless[AHRT-lis]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. (adj.) lacking art or skill
2. (adj.) natural or not artificial
3. (adj.) without craftiness
2. (adj.) natural or not artificial
3. (adj.) without craftiness
4.abbreviate[uh’-BREE-vee-eyt]
[intransitive verb,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (tr. v.) to make a word shorter by omitting letters
2. (tr. v.) to make briefer or less lengthy
3. (tr. v.) to make a short form of
4. (intr. v.) to use the shortened version of
2. (tr. v.) to make briefer or less lengthy
3. (tr. v.) to make a short form of
4. (intr. v.) to use the shortened version of
5.parsimony[PAHR-suh’moh-nee]
[noun]
MEANING:
1. niggardliness or stinginess or excessive frugality
2. thrift or extreme economy
3. accepting the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory especially according to the rule of Ockham’s razor (entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity as the simplest solution is usually the correct one)
2. thrift or extreme economy
3. accepting the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory especially according to the rule of Ockham’s razor (entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity as the simplest solution is usually the correct one)