| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |