| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |