Another boring TT...word and meanings :)...back to school time :) BTW I liked the 13th one :) adumbrate - To give a sketchy outline of; to disclose partially or guardedly. Synonyms: outline, sketch, intimate, insinuate Usage: Before beginning his dissertation, he adumbrated his ideas to his professor. lugubrious - Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree. Synonyms: bathetic, mawkish Usage: The look on his face was so lugubrious that for a moment I thought I had actually hurt his feelings. bellicose - Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious. Synonyms: battleful, combative, contentious Usage: She had always found him to be bellicose and was not surprised when he was expelled from the military academy for his belligerent and violent behavior. pendent - Hanging down; projecting. Synonyms: dangling, overhanging, suspended Usage: An examination of the cave revealed nothing but hundreds of sleeping bats pendent from the ceiling. divertimento - ...