| avocation |
a secondary occupation, usually one pursued for recreation; hobby. |
| choleric |
having a quick temper; easily angered. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. |
| fickle |
quickly changing without reason or warning, especially in affection or allegiance; variable or capricious. |
| humility |
the quality or state of being humble; modesty about one's status or accomplishments. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| malady |
an illness of the body or mind. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| simplistic |
excessively simplified, as to be unrealistic. |
| winnow |
to sift through, or separate out the desired or worthwhile from the undesired or worthless part of, as by critical analysis. |