Mastered Words

adj. relating to politics (especially international relations); as influenced by geographical fac...

Used by: Andrew Roberts, Fareed Zakaria, Lupe Fiasco

n. Characteristic of or appropriate to an institution

Used by: Colson Whitehead, Matt Taibbi, Fareed Zakaria

adj. of; by; or as if decreed by divine providence

Used by: Andrew Roberts, Marilynne Robinson, Peggy Noonan

n. the language of one's country

Used by: Colson Whitehead, Peggy Noonan, Aesop Rock

adj. of or characteristic of a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concret...

Used by: Colson Whitehead, Lupe Fiasco

adj. 1 pertaining to an operation in which the result is the same regardless of the way the eleme...

Used by: Aesop Rock, Ken Jennings

someone who teaches themselves, often outside a traditional school setting

Used by: Shashi Tharoor, Ken Jennings

using more words than necessary to say something, often to avoid being direct

Used by: Kazuo Ishiguro, Conan O'Brien

n. an object such as a coin or postage stamp made to mark an event or honor a person; adj. intend...

Used by: Andrew Roberts, Peggy Noonan

adj. of; having to do with; or resulting from compulsion

Used by: Joyce Carol Oates, Aesop Rock

relating to the end of the world or the final events in history

Used by: Cornel West, Marilynne Robinson

adj. composed or performed on the spur of the moment with little or no planning.

Used by: Shashi Tharoor, Conan O'Brien

n. the force that pulls planets stars or particles toward one another

Used by: Peggy Noonan, Neil deGrasse Tyson

adj. an odd or peculiar habit

Used by: Camille Paglia, Aesop Rock

relating to the connection between texts

Used by: Lupe Fiasco, Conan O'Brien

adj. 1 resembling a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost; 2 complic...

Used by: Stephen Fry, Aesop Rock

tricks people use to remember things

Used by: Kazuo Ishiguro, Ken Jennings

adj. pertaining to the legal activities and duties of bringing criminal charges against someone

Used by: Lionel Lebron, Matt Taibbi

adj. able to make something strong and healthy again

Used by: Marilynne Robinson, Peggy Noonan

adj. come upon or found by accident

Used by: Stephen Fry, Ken Jennings

adj. 1 lying beneath the earth's surface; 2 secret or hidden

Used by: Colson Whitehead, Aesop Rock

adj. not shrinking from danger

Used by: Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead

n. a person who is in favor of abolishing especially slavery

Used by: Colson Whitehead

a person who believes that life is meaningless and often expresses this through art or literature

Used by: Conan O'Brien

a process that involves making a formal decision about a dispute or issue

Used by: Lionel Lebron

adj. pertaining to land especially agricultural land

Used by: Victor Davis Hanson

adj. having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

Used by: Aesop Rock

adj. able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill.

Used by: Lupe Fiasco

adj. tending to make or become better or to improve

Used by: Cornel West

adj. anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history

Used by: Conan O'Brien

a viewpoint that focuses mainly on English or British perspectives

Used by: Andrew Roberts

adj. in or of the period prior to a war esp. the American Civil War.

Used by: Colson Whitehead