| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
| irreverent |
not having or showing respect. |
| plummet |
to fall sharply down, especially at high speed; plunge. |
| preoccupy |
to absorb the entire time or attention of. |
| problematic |
presenting difficulties or causing doubt; questionable. |
| reassess |
to evaluate again. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| unhinge |
to cause to become confused, unbalanced, or deeply disturbed. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |