Vocabulary Words
leaven
C2noun, verb
Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. (+8 more)
leavening
C2adjective, noun, verb
Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked. (+9 more)
ethos
C2noun
(aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense (+3 more)
burgeoning
C2adjective, noun, verb
(by extension) A new growth or expansion of something. (+7 more)
telescopic
C2adjective
Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another. (+6 more)
hamper
C2noun, verb
(uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper (+9 more)
assimilation
C2noun
(by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. (+4 more)
verbatim
C2adjective, adverb, noun
(of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word. (+6 more)