1. amplify [ AM-pluh’-fahy ]
[intransitive verb,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (tr.v.) to enlarge, extend or increase
2. (tr.v.) to develop, exaggerate or expand with illustrations and ideas
3. (tr.v.) (electronics) to boost the amplitude of a signal
4. (intr.v.) to expand or expatiate one’s thoughts with illustrations
2. (tr.v.) to develop, exaggerate or expand with illustrations and ideas
3. (tr.v.) (electronics) to boost the amplitude of a signal
4. (intr.v.) to expand or expatiate one’s thoughts with illustrations
2. piquant [ PEE-kuh’ nt, -kahnt, pee-KAHNT ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. spicy or pleasantly pungent
2. interesting, intriguing, charming or appealing
3. engagingly provocative or lively
4. (archaic) stinging or hurting to feelings
2. interesting, intriguing, charming or appealing
3. engagingly provocative or lively
4. (archaic) stinging or hurting to feelings
3. platonic [ pluh’-TON-ik, pley- ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. characteristic of or pertaining to Plato
2. pertaining to or characteristic of a relationship that is non-sexual
3. nominal, theoretical or speculative
2. pertaining to or characteristic of a relationship that is non-sexual
3. nominal, theoretical or speculative
4. massacre [ MAS-uh’-ker ]
[noun,transitive verb]
MEANING:
1. (n.) the act of indiscriminate mass killing
2. (tr. v.) to slay indiscriminately
2. (tr. v.) to slay indiscriminately
5. saccharine [ sak-er-in ]
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar
2. very sweet to the taste
2. very sweet to the taste