| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |