| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |