| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |