| amass |
to gather or accumulate for oneself. |
| cite |
to use the words of someone else; quote. |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| ethereal |
highly refined; unworldly. |
| exemplify |
to serve as an illustration of. |
| flaccid |
without firmness; soft; flabby. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| superficial |
of, pertaining to, or located on the surface. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| traduce |
to make malicious or false statements about; slander. |