| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |