Hunter Test Prep: Vocabulary

Adjective Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely: \"forlorn figures at bus stops\". (of an aim or endeavor) Unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless: \"a forlorn attempt to escape\".

adjective 1. pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition. 2. showing little or no change: a static concept; a static relationship. 3. lacking movement, development, or vitality: The novel was marred by static characterizations, especially in its central figures.

adjective 1.characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of horses. 2.of or pertaining to humanistic studies.

verb (used with object) 1.to remove the entrails from; disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken. 2.to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.

Adj. 1.contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent. 2.trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.

Noun 1. a quantity much larger than is needed

noun 1.Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer. 2.an often repeated word, formula, or phrase, often a truism: If I hear the \"less is more\" mantra one more time, I'll scream.