| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |