| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |