| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |