| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |