| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |