| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |