| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |