| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |