Vocabulary Word
Word: lexicon
Definition: dictionary
Definition: dictionary
Sentences Containing 'lexicon'
Certainly, it needs a definition, and should be incorporated into the Lexicon.
An ancient Hawaiian war-club or spear-paddle, in its full multiplicity and elaboration of carving, is as great a trophy of human perseverance as a Latin lexicon.
And here be it said, that whenever it has been convenient to consult one in the course of these dissertations, I have invariably used a huge quarto edition of Johnson, expressly purchased for that purpose; because that famous lexicographer's uncommon personal bulk more fitted him to compile a lexicon to be used by a whale author like me.
More Vocab Words
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::: acrophobia - fear of heights
::: recondite - abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
::: manifest - evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly
::: disinterested - unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective
::: viscous - (of a liquid) thick and sticky; gluey; viscid; CF. consistency
::: induce - persuade; lead to do something; bring about; N. inducement
::: veracious - (of a person) truthful
::: cipher - nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.
