| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |