| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |