Orange Review

Insulate

To protect from outside influence or interference.

Adjourn

To suspend a meeting or session to another time or place.

Emission

The act of sending forth or releasing something, typically gas or radiation.

Delegate

To assign responsibility or authority to another person.

Requisite

Necessary for a particular purpose; essential.

Impediment

A hindrance or obstruction that prevents progress.

Jargon

Special words or expressions used by a particular profession or group.

Stout

Strong and sturdy; brave or bold.

Swindle

To cheat someone out of money or possessions.

Implore

To beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

Conjure

To call upon a spirit or deity; to bring to mind.

Intercede

To intervene on behalf of another.

Niche

A comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.

Instigate

To bring about or initiate an action or event.

Accrue

To accumulate or receive payments or benefits over time.

Chaff

The husks of corn or other seed separated during threshing, often used metaphorically for worthless things.

Increment

An increase or addition, especially in number or amount.

Contentious

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.

Demote

To reduce to a lower grade, rank, or status.

Embroider

To decorate with ornamental needlework.

Ethnic

Relating to a large group of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.

Reciprocate

To respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one.

Supple

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

Contend

To assert something as a position in an argument.

Insolvent

Unable to pay debts owed.

Rescind

To revoke or cancel a law, order, or agreement.

Respite

A short period of rest or relief from something difficult.

Retard

To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay.

Stipulate

To demand or specify a requirement, typically as part of a bargain or agreement.

Surrogate

A substitute, especially a person deputizing for another.

Vulgar

Lacking sophistication or good taste; indecent.

Contrived

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally.

Dingy

Gloomy and drab.

Evince

To reveal the presence of a quality or feeling.

Imperious

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant.

Replete

Filled or well-supplied with something.

Reprieve

A cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

Salient

Most noticeable or important.

Undulate

To move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion.

Indictment

A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.

Secrete

To produce and discharge a substance.

Palatable

Pleasant to taste.

Verve

Vigor and spirit or enthusiasm.

Curtail

To reduce in extent or quantity.

Erect

To construct or build.

Petulant

Childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

Taciturn

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech.

Goad

To provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate some action or reaction.

Voracious

Having a very eager approach to an activity; insatiable.

Deplorable

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad.

Disinclination

A reluctance or lack of enthusiasm.

Mitigate

To make less severe, serious, or painful.

Smother

To suffocate someone by covering their nose and mouth.

Volatile

Liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.

Wane

To decrease in size, amount, or intensity.

Cache

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place.

Fallow

Land left unseeded after plowing.

Subdue

To bring under control, especially by force.

Epicure

A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.