| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| enigmatic |
puzzling, mysterious, or inexplicable. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| lewd |
characterized by vulgarity or offensively explicit sexual references; bawdy. |
| morass |
something that hinders passage or engulfs an unwary person. |
| nonchalance |
cool confidence and unconcern; casual indifference. |
| nonconformity |
refusal or failure to adjust one's behavior and actions to accord or comply with societal customs, values, or the like. |
| palatable |
acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| preeminent |
surpassing others in importance and prominence; foremost. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| severance |
the act, process, or result of breaking off or separating. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |