| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |