piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

a concession given to mollify or placate

a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

dip into liquid

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

take in, also metaphorically

take up as if with a sponge

a second-year undergraduate

Italian film actress (born in 1934)

United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)

a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects

someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

of or pertaining to sophists

plausible but misleading

plausible but misleading

a worldly-wise person

make less natural or innocent

practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

make more complex or refined

having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire

ahead in development; complex or intricate

intellectually appealing

uplifting enlightenment

a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject

the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies

a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)

a second-year undergraduate

used of the second year in United States high school or college

the second class in a four-year college or high school

a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah

cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria

handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan

shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans

handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan

shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood

a torpid state resembling deep sleep

sleep inducing

inducing mental lethargy

a drug that induces sleep

sleep inducing

inducing mental lethargy

extremely wet