[ as-er-teyn ]

to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine

[ uh-kwiz-i-tiv ]

tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.

[ ni-mon-ik ]

assisting or intended to assist the memory.

[ suh-ler-i-tee ]

swiftness; speed

[ uh-bis ]

a vast chasm, or a deep immeasurable space or cavity

[ grand-dee-ohs ]

more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown

[ im-peer-ee-uhs ]

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

[ ak-ruh-nim ]

a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation; a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism

[ puh-noor-ee-uhs ]

extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly