| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |