| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |