| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |