| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |