| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |