| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |