| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |