| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| nicety |
a subtle distinction; fine point. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| pertinacious |
tenacious in purpose, opinion, or the like; persevering. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| ubiquitous |
being or appearing to be in all places at the same time; omnipresent. |
| unobservable |
not able to be seen; not detectable. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |