aloof |
at a distance; apart. |
complimentary |
expressing or giving praise. |
embed |
to set firmly in some surrounding material. |
loiter |
to stand around idly. |
metropolitan |
having to do with a large city and the communities around it. |
miserly |
stingy or penurious. |
obsolete |
no longer in use. |
pedestrian |
a person who is walking. |
predictable |
able to be foreseen or anticipated. |
progressive |
moving steadily forward. |
refrain1 |
to hold oneself back; to not enter into a particular action; desist; forbear (often followed by "from"). |
simplify |
to make plainer, easier, or less complex. |
sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. |
taut |
tightly drawn, pulled, or stretched; not loose. |
virtual |
not actually being true or real, but seeming to be, or having the same result as if true or real. |