vacuous \VAK-yoo-uhs\, adjective:
1. showing no intelligence or thought
2. having no meaning or direction; empty

by 1561, from Latin vacuus "empty, void, free." Figurative sense of "empty of ideas" is from 1848.

unconscionable \uhn-KON-shuh-nuh-buhl\, adjective:
1. not influenced or guided by conscience
2. very great

by 1570, "showing no regard for conscience," from un- (1) + now rare conscionable "conscientious" (1549), from conscioned "having a conscience."

talisman \TAL-is-muhn, TAL-iz-muhn\, noun ( Read more... )

sallow \SAL-oh\, adjective:
having a sickly, yellowish color

Old English salo "dusky, dark," from Proto Germanic *salwa-, from Proto Indo-European base *sal- "dirty, gray."

rancor \RANG-ker\, noun:
bitter resentment or ill will; extreme hatred or spite

c 1225, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancorem "rancidness, grudge, bitterness," from Latin rancere "to stink."

qualitative \KWOL-i-tey-tiv\, adjective:
concerned with quality or qualities

by 1607 from Latin qualitativus "concerned with quality" from classical Latin qualitas "quality" and -ive suffix.

pandiculation \pan-dik-yuh-LEY-shuhn\, noun:
an instinctive stretching, as on awakening or while yawning

by 1611 from French pandiculation from Latin pandiculari "to stretch oneself" and French suffix -ion.

obscure \uhb-SKYOOR\, adjective ( Read more... )

narcolepsy \NAHR-kuh-lep-see\, noun ( Read more... )

magnanimous \mag-NAN-uh-muhs\, adjective ( Read more... )