to strongly argue, disapprove, or disagree with someone or something
vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
a very steep cliff
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
involving or related to the ideas of a scientific subject rather than its practical use
someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
a statement that is used as a premise in argumentation
containing or expressing irony, meaning the opposite of what is said
a form of humor in which the words that someone says mean the opposite, producing an emphatic effect
collect and study plants
ask for or request earnestly
earnest or urgent request
normally existing at birth
produced by inbreeding
(pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea
of or relating to or resembling a nebula