| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| calculable |
able to be determined by mathematical computation. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference; inconsistency. |
| fester |
to become filled with pus; become infected. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| intransigent |
refusing to alter an idea or a position in response to others' wishes; uncompromising. |
| maternal |
of, having to do with, or like a mother. |
| namesake |
one who has been named after another. |
| ostracism |
an exclusion or rejection, as from a social group. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| penitent |
feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong. |
| pertain |
to relate to or have to do with something. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| veritable |
true; authentic; real. |