Elaborate
/ [adj. ih-lab-er-it; v. ih-lab-uh-reyt]
Definition/ marked
by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated.
Related forms
elaborately, adverb
elaborateness, noun
elaborative, adjective
elaborator, noun
nonelaborate, adjective
For example/ These
stores made it a cinch to expand his original plan for simple tuna sandwiches into a more elaborate salad.
Maneuver / [muh-noo-ver]
Related forms
maneuverable, adjective
maneuverability, noun
maneuverer, noun
unmaneuvered,
adjective
For example/ If all goes to plan, it will be the first spacecraft to maneuver without fuel.
Tendencies
/ [ten-duhn-see]
Definition/ a special and definite
purpose in a novel or other literary work.
Related forms
coun·ter·tend·en·cy,
noun, plural coun·ter·tend·en·cies.
For example/ It is clear he
exhibits anti-social tendencies and does not grasp reality.
Frustrations/ [fruh-strey-shuhn]
Related forms
nonfrustration, noun
overfrustration, noun
For example/ Maybe that's a natural response to the insecurity, frustration, and disappointment
that the job market produces.
Investigated / [in-ves-ti-geyt]
Definition/ to examine,
study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars
of; examine in detail.
Related forms
investigative,
investigatory adjective
investigator, noun
preinvestigate, verb,
preinvestigated, preinvestigating.
preinvestigator, noun
quasi-investigated, adjective
For example/ Suggest they repeat the
big question they investigated and the answer to
that question.