| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| 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. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |