| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |