benevolent adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
2. ADJ Benevolent is used in the names of some organizations that give money and help people who need it.

motif n.

1. N-COUNT A motif is a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern.
2. N-COUNT A motif is a theme or idea that is frequently repeated throughout a piece of literature or music.

sloppy adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone's work or activities as sloppy, you mean they have been done in a careless and lazy way.
2. ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone or something as sloppy, you mean that they are sentimental and romantic.

niche n./vt.

1. N-COUNT A niche in the market is a specific area of marketing which has its own particular requirements, customers, and products.
2. ADJ Niche marketing is the practice of dividing the market into specialized areas for which particular products are made. A niche market is one of these specialized areas.
3. N-COUNT A niche is a hollow area in a wall which has been made to hold a statue, or a natural hollow part in a hill or cliff.

necrosis n.

1. N-UNCOUNT Necrosis is the death of part of someone's body, for example because it is not getting enough blood.

scholarship n.

1. N-COUNT If you get a scholarship to a school or university, your studies are paid for by the school or university or by some other organization.
2. N-UNCOUNT Scholarship is serious academic study and the knowledge that is obtained from it.

suspicion n.

1. N-VAR Suspicion or a suspicion is a belief or feeling that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong.
2. N-VAR If there is suspicion of someone or something, people do nor trust them to be reliable.
3. N-COUNT A suspicion is a feeling that something is probably true or is likely to happen.

despicable adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel or evil.

subterranean adj.

1. ADJ A subterranean river or tunnel is under the ground.

succinct adj.

1. ADJ-GRADED Something that is succinct expresses facts or ideas clearly and in few words.

consecrate v./adj.

1. VERB When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.

tragedy n.

1. N-VAR A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation.
2. N-VAR Tragedy is a type of lierature, especially drama, that is serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main character.

broccoli n.

1. N-UNCOUNT Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.