| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| buxom |
of a woman, having a full figure and healthy appearance. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| garner |
to accumulate, acquire, or receive in abundance. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| miff |
to cause (someone) to become annoyed; offend. |
| naturalistic |
exhibiting or pertaining to naturalism. |
| pronouncement |
a formal or official declaration. |
| quorum |
the number of members that an organization's rules require to attend a meeting in order for voting or other business to take place. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| sojourn |
to live for a short time in a place; stay temporarily. |
| stalwart |
steady and loyal; reliable. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| turbid |
clouded or murky because of stirred-up particles or sediment; muddy. |