bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |