| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |