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Chard
- unknown - The spinach-like leaves and broad midrib of Beta vulgaris var. cicla, also known as leaf beet, leaf chard, sea kale beet, silver beet, white leaf beet, spinach beet.
-Metry
- - A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidimetry, bathymetry, chlorometry, chronometry.
-Phore
- - Combining form meaning bearer of the element preceding; as, ionophore; semaphore.
Abhors
- verb - despised
- find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
Abjure
- verb - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
Aboard
- adverb - on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
- on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard"
- part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"
- side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship"
Absorb
- verb - assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"
- become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
- cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
- consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- Soak up, incorporate.
- suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
- take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
Absurd
- adjective - ridiculous
- a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
- incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
- inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
Accord
- noun - a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- allow to have; "grant a privilege"
- concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal"
- go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
- harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
- sympathetic compatibility
Achira
- noun - canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained