| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |