past simple past participle
be was/were been
become became become
begin began begun
bite bit bitten
blow blew blown
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
do did done
draw drew drawn
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feel felt felt
fight fought fought
find found found
fly flew flown
forget forgot forgotten
get got got
give gave given
go went gone
grow grew grown
hang hung hung
have had had
hear heard heard
hit hit hit
hold held held
hurt hurt hurt
keep kept kept
know knew known
leave left left
lend lent lent
let let let
lie lay lain
lose lost lost
make made made
mean meant meant
meet met met
pay paid paid
put put put
read /ri d/* read /red/* read /red/*
ride rode ridden
ring rang rung
rise rose risen
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
show showed shown
shut shut shut
sing sang sung
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
steal stole stolen
swim swam swum
take took taken
teach taught taught
tell told told
think thought thought
throw threw thrown
understand understood understood
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written
rabble 
noun | RAB-ul Definition
1 :
a disorganized or confused collection of things
2
a :
a disorganized or disorderly crowd of people : mob
b :
the lowest class of people
lovat
a muted green colour used especially in tweed and woollen garments
manumit ˌmæn yəˈmɪt
manumit, emancipate (verb)
free from slavery or servitude
manumit (Verb)
To release from slavery, to free.
agon
noun | AH-gahn Definition
:
conflict; especially : the dramatic conflict between the chief characters in a literary work
nondescript 
adjective | nahn-dih-SKRIPT Definition
1 :
belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
2 :
lacking distinctive or interesting qualities : dull, drab
diminution ˌdɪm əˈnu ʃən, -ˈnyu-
decline, diminution (noun)
change toward something smaller or lower
diminution (noun)
the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something
diminution (Noun)
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
diminution (Noun)
The shortening of the notes of a melody or theme.
Diminution
In Western music and music theory, diminution has four distinct meanings. Diminution may be a form of embellishment in which a long note is divided into a series of shorter, usually melodic, values. Diminution may also be the compositional device where a melody, theme or motif is presented in shorter note-values than were previously used. Diminution is also the term for the proportional shortening of the value of individual note-shapes in mensural notation, either by coloration or by a sign of proportion. A minor or perfect interval that is narrowed by a chromatic semitone is a diminished interval, and the process may be referred to as diminution.
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
The decline in refinery utilization is also bearish for crude oil price, since anydiminution in demand will cause the recent trend of crude oil inventory declines to reverse.
The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution -- this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.
If you like Trump, that's not going to necessarily turn you off but the issue is that 80% of the people are supporting somebody else, language like that, attack on Megyn (Kelly, the Fox News debate moderator), his refusal to say I'm a team player -- all of those things create a ceiling on how far he could go, and I think we may actually see somediminution in support of the next couple of weeks.
exegesis
noun | ek-suh-JEE-sis Definition
:
exposition, explanation; especially : an explanation or critical interpretation of a text
diminution ˌdɪm əˈnu ʃən, -ˈnyu-
decline, diminution (noun)
change toward something smaller or lower
diminution (noun)
the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something
diminution (Noun)
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
diminution (Noun)
The shortening of the notes of a melody or theme.
Diminution
In Western music and music theory, diminution has four distinct meanings. Diminution may be a form of embellishment in which a long note is divided into a series of shorter, usually melodic, values. Diminution may also be the compositional device where a melody, theme or motif is presented in shorter note-values than were previously used. Diminution is also the term for the proportional shortening of the value of individual note-shapes in mensural notation, either by coloration or by a sign of proportion. A minor or perfect interval that is narrowed by a chromatic semitone is a diminished interval, and the process may be referred to as diminution.
imperative
When something absolutely has to be done and cannot be put off, use the adjective imperative.
Imperative is from Latin imperare "to command," and its original use was for a verb form expressing a command: "Do it!" is an imperativesentence. It's still used that way, but it's more commonly applied to something so pressing it cannot be put off: "Hiring new workers has become imperative." It has more immediate force than pressing but less than urgent.
jungle
A jungle is a forest thick with trees, other plants, and animals. Jungles are a little dangerous, which is what people mean when they say, "It's a jungle out there!"
Jungles — thick tropical forests — are full of life: birds, insects, reptiles, monkeys, and often gorillas and other animals. They're dangerous places, even for the animals that live there. This is why jungle also means any place that is risky or wild. If someone does something a dishonest or shady to get their way, some people will say that's "The law of the jungle," meaning you have to do some shifty things to survive.
leonine ˈli əˌnaɪn
leonine (adj)
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
leonine (Adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
plagiary ˈpleɪ dʒə ri, -dʒi ə ri
plagiary (Noun)
A plagiarist.
plagiary (Noun)
A kidnapper.
plagiary (Noun)
The crime of literary theft; plagiarism
gerent
PRONUNCIATION:
(JIR-ent) 
MEANING:
noun: A ruler or manager.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin gerent, present participle of gerere (to manage). Earliest documented use: 1576.
USAGE:
“Great deputy, the welkin’s vice-gerent, and sole dominator of Navarre ...”
William Shakespeare; Love’s Labour’s Lost; 1590s.
outset ˈaʊtˌsɛt
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset (noun)
the time at which something is supposed to begin
"they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
outset (Noun)
the beginning or initial stage of something
outset ˈaʊtˌsɛt
beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset (noun)
the time at which something is supposed to begin
"they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
outset (Noun)
the beginning or initial stage of something
elucidate
verb | ih-LOO-suh-dayt Definition
1 :
to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
2 :
to give a clarifying explanation
cursory
adjective | KER-suh-ree Definition
:
rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.
effendi
a man of high education or social standing in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country
censure ˈsɛn ʃər
censure, animadversion (noun)
harsh criticism or disapproval
excommunication, exclusion, censure (verb)
the state of being excommunicated
reprimand, censure, criminate (verb)
rebuke formally
censure (Noun)
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
censure (Noun)
An official reprimand.
censure (Noun)
The state of excommunication.
censure (Verb)
to criticize harshly
censure (Verb)
to formally rebuke
Censure
A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. Among the forms that it can take are a stern rebuke by a legislature, a spiritual penalty imposed by a church, and a negative judgment pronounced on a theological proposition.
leonine ˈli əˌnaɪn
leonine (adj)
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
leonine (Adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lion.
hadal
relating to the zone of the sea greater than 6000 m in depth (chiefly oceanic trenches).
foment
Stand outside the school cafeteria passing out flyers with nutritional details on school food, and you may foment a revolution––fomentmeans stirring up something undesirable, such as trouble.
You would never say, "Hooray, we fomented a revolution." Instead you'd say, "Those good for nothing scalawags fomented the rebellion." Don't confuse foment and ferment. Ferment can mean "to stir up" in a good way––a football game can ferment excitement in a town, or foment trouble through traffic tie-ups and litter.
skulk
Skulking is cowardly. It means hiding out, either because you're trying to pull something off in secret, or you're trying to get out of doing something you're supposed to be doing.
If you cut school, it makes sense to do it in the style of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and enjoy yourself. Will the punishment be worse than if you skulk around town, avoiding teachers and people your parents know, not doing anything you really want to do? In spy movies, there are always bad guys in hotel lobbies, skulking about, hiding behind open newspapers.
extenuate ɪkˈstɛn yuˌeɪt
extenuate, palliate, mitigate (verb)
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
"The circumstances extenuate the crime"
extenuate (Verb)
To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
extenuate (Verb)
To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
extenuate (Verb)
To lower or degrade; to detract from.
sitzkrieg
a war, or a phase of a war, in which there is little or no active warfare.
perpetual
Use the adjective perpetual to describe something that never ends or changes. If you're a perpetual procrastinator, your dilly-dallying ways are never going to improve.
It may be true that the only constant is change, but English nevertheless has no shortage of words to describe things that never change: everlasting, eternal, and permanent, for example — and this word, perpetual, from the Latin perpetuus, "continuous." In casual usage, though, you might hear someone say "This perpetual bad weather needs to clear." Maybe it should come as no surprise to find people using the word to describe things that are not truly everlasting — since so few things really are.
