| amorphous |
lacking definite form, shape, or character. |
| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| circumstantial |
relevant but not essential; incidental. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| evasion |
the act or an instance of escaping, avoiding, or failing to perform something. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| irrevocable |
impossible to take back, undo, or cancel. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| plebeian |
in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| savant |
a person of deep learning; scholar. |
| sheathe |
to put in a tight, protective case. |
| symposium |
a conference or meeting on a single topic, usually involving several speakers. |
| timely |
happening at just the right moment. |