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Usage

• caricature

  A caricature of someone is an exaggerated drawing or description that is designed to make that person look silly; it can also be an exaggerated description of a situation or event.

• stricture

  A stricture is a rule or condition that imposes restrictions or limits on what you can do.

• censure

  Censure is written or verbal disapproval and harsh criticism of something that someone has done.

• conjecture

  A conjecture is a theory or guess that is based on information that is not certain or complete.

• fissure

  A fissure is a narrow and long crack or opening, usually in a rock face.

• nurture

  When you nurture someone, you feed and take care of them.

• stature

  Your stature in society is your standing; it is how society views your level of importance relative to your position in life or your character.

• composure

  When someone exhibits composure, they remain calm—even in trying circumstances.

• nomenclature

  Nomenclature is a specialized form of vocabulary that classifies or organizes things in the sciences or the arts into a clear and usable system.

• leisure

  When you are at leisure, you are not working but have free time that you can use to do what you wish.

• embouchure

  The word embouchure refers to how the lips and tongue are placed on a wind instrument or to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.

• prefigure

  When something prefigures a future occurrence, it foreshadows, hints at, or suggests that it may very well happen.

• adventurous

  An adventurous person loves trying new things or taking risks in order to make their life more exciting.

• natural

  The word natural is a way of describing something that is normally expected to happen.

• fracture

  A fracture is a break or crack, such as of or in a bone.

• manufacture

  When workers manufacture things, they make a lot of them, usually with the help of machines.

• procedure

  A procedure is a way of doing something, a method for getting something accomplished, or the steps taken to complete something.

• feature

  A feature of something is a part or quality of it.

• capture

  When you capture something, you take it so that you have it.

• structure

  The structure of something is either how the parts that make it up are put together, or it is the thing, like a building, that those parts make.

• culture

  A culture is defined by the beliefs, customs, practices, social behavior, and art produced by a group of people at a given time in history.