cortege – (n) a solemn procession, especially for a funeral.
synonyms – procession, parade, cavalcade, motorcade, convoy, caravan, train, column, file, line, trail, chain, rank, troop
slightly different definition – a person’s entourage or retinue.
synonyms – entourage, retinue, train, suite, escort, court, company, attendant company; attendants, aides, associates, companions, followers, retainers
hermitage – (n) the dwelling of a hermit, especially when small and remote.
synonyms – retreat, refuge, haven, sanctuary, sanctum, asylum, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, shelter; sanctum sanctorum
welter – (v) move in a turbulent fashion
synonyms – ascend, bend, bicker, careen, descend, dip, drive, drop, fall, flounder, go down, heave, lean, lunge, lurch, plunge, rise, rock, seesaw, slope, slump, stagger, tilt, topple, toss, tumble, vault, wallow, yaw
2nd definition – (v) lie soaked in blood.
synonyms – bathe in, be immersed in, blunder, flounder, get stuck, immerse, lie, loll, lurch, move around in, reel, roll, roll about, roll around in, splash around, sprawl, stagger, stumble, sway, toss, totter, tumble, wade
3rd definition – (n) a large number of items in no order; a confused mass.
synonyms – confusion, jumble, tangle, clutter, mess, hotchpotch, mishmash, flurry, rush, mass
exhume – (v) dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.
synonyms – disinter, dig up, unearth, bring out of the ground; raredisentomb, unbury, ungrave
Today, we bring you the meaning and words with similar meanings of a word that signifies “knowledge” or “understanding” on this holiday. Hopefully, we all in this world will have stronger ken of one another’s lives to bring us closer to peace. Merry Christmas World!
ken – (n) one’s range of knowledge or understanding.
2nd definition – (v) know
synonyms – knowledge, awareness, perception, understanding, grasp, comprehension, realization, apprehension, appreciation, consciousness, recognition, notice
picaresque – (adj) relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
synonyms – episodic, anecdotal, disjointed, digressive, disconnected, discursive, incidental, irregular, occasional, roundabout, rambling, segmented, soap opera, sporadic, wandering
implacable – (adj) unable to be appeased or placated.
synonyms – unappeasable, unpacifiable, unplacatable, unmollifiable, unforgiving, unsparing, grudge-holding
fatuous – (adj) silly and pointless.
synonyms – silly, foolish, stupid, inane, nonsensical, childish, puerile, infantile, idiotic, brainless, mindless, vacuous, imbecilic, asinine, witless, empty-headed, hare-brained
sagacity – (n) the quality of being sagacious.
synonyms – wisdom, (deep) insight, intelligence, understanding, judgement, acuity, astuteness, insight, sense, canniness, sharpness, depth, profundity, profoundness, perceptiveness, penetration, perception, percipience, perspicuity, discernment, erudition, learning, knowledgeability, thoughtfulness