| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| delineate |
to describe or portray in precise or vivid detail. |
| exuberant |
vigorously enthusiastic or happy; high-spirited. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| mediocre |
of average to poor quality; ordinary. |
| myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| temerity |
reckless or foolish boldness; rash disregard of danger. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |
| waylay |
to attack or accost unexpectedly after lying in wait for. |