propound \pruh-POWND\ (transitive verb) - To offer for consideration; to put forward; to propose.

"So they called after them, and they stopped and stood still till they came up to them; but they concluded as they went, ...Read More

introspection \in-truh-SPEK-shuhn\ (noun) - The act or process of self-examination; contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings; a looking inward.

"There is a popular cry against introspection and an insistence that ...Read More

gravitas \GRAV-uh-tahs\ (noun) - High seriousness (as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject).

"A man without gravitas was not fit to shoulder the weight of leadership. Nick wanted no part of gravitas. He ...Read More

varicolored \VER-ih-kuh-lurd\ (adjective) - Having a variety of colors; of various colors.

"There was a small place with a sign "Books" on the window, filled with strings of wooden camels and little glass jars of ...Read More

arrogate \AIR-uh-gayt\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To claim or seize without right or justification; to appropriate. 2 : To claim on behalf of another; to ascribe.

"The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with ...Read More

expatiate \ek-SPAY-shee-ayt\ (intransitive verb) - 1 : To speak or write at length or in considerable detail. 2 : To move about freely; to wander.

"I will not expatiate upon her beauty. I will not expatiate upon her ...Read More