| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| electrify |
to shock, startle, or excite. |
| fester |
to become filled with pus; become infected. |
| flaunt |
to display ostentatiously; show off. |
| insuperable |
not able to be conquered or overcome. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| permissive |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient. |
| potent |
having strength; powerful. |
| prostrate |
to lie or throw (oneself) flat on the ground, especially face down in an act of humility, worship, or the like. |
| sally |
a sudden forward attack or rush from a defensive position by a military force. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |