Visual Dictionary

Adjective: agog Pronunciation: (u’gog) Agog meaning: Highly excited Synonyms: excited Quotations: Anonymous – Haven’t I been worth five years excellent gossip to you? Are you not all waiting agog to see me seize my sister-in-law by the …

Noun: aviary Pronunciation: (‘ey-vee-u-ree) Aviary meaning: A building where birds are kept. Synonyms: volary, bird sanctuary Quotations: Louis M. Andres – This building is being built as a sustainable building in the spirit of Louis …

Adjective: awry Pronunciation: (u’rI) Awry meaning: Turned or twisted toward one side. Synonyms: askew, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff Not functioning properly. Synonyms: amiss, haywire, wrong, malfunctioning Adverb: awry Awry meaning: Away from the correct or …

Noun: adjutant Pronunciation: (a-ju-tunt) Adjutant meaning: (military) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer. Synonyms: aide Large Indian stork with a military gait. Synonyms: adjutant bird, adjutant stork Quotations: Anton …

Noun: brogue Pronunciation: (browg) Brogue meaning: A thick and heavy shoe Synonyms: brogan, clodhopper, work shoe Quotations: David Bailey –  Good shoes are important. I wear English brogues in a wide fitting. They last me …

Noun: ballet Pronunciation: (ba,ley) Ballet meaning: A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers. Synonym: concert dance Music written for a ballet. Quotations: Charles Swanson – We have talked …

Noun: archipelago Pronunciation: (aa-ki’pe-lu,gow) Archipelago meaning: A group of many islands in a large body of water. Quotations: William Schulz – The U.S. is maintaining an archipelago of prisons around the world, many of them …

Noun: amulet Pronunciation: (am-yu-lut) Amulet meaning: A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease. Synonyms: talisman Quotations: Martin H. Fischer – …

Noun: creek Pronunciation: (kreek) Creek meaning: A natural stream of water smaller than a river and often a tributary of a river. Synonyms: brook Quotations: Alan Ward – I believe we can make these leases …

Adjective: ascetic Pronunciation: (u’se-tik) Ascetic meaning: Practicing great self-denial. Synonyms: ascetical, austere, Spartan, abstemious Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline. Synonyms: ascetical Noun: ascetic Meaning: Someone who practices …