| adroit |
skillful with the hands; dextrous. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| comparative |
measured or estimated by comparison; relative. |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| magnate |
someone of exceptional power, wealth, or influence, especially in business. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| psyche |
the mental makeup of a person or group. |
| severance |
the act, process, or result of breaking off or separating. |
| sporadic |
occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |