| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| drivel |
foolish or silly speech or ideas. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| incorporeal |
without material being; bodiless; insubstantial. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| penitent |
feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| preemptive |
of or relating to a strike or attack such as a bid in bridge or a military attack, made in anticipation of or to prevent an opposing strike. |
| regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
| resilience |
the ability to resume shape after being pressed or stretched. |
| retinue |
a group of attendants or other employees who accompany a prominent person. |
| winnow |
to sift through, or separate out the desired or worthwhile from the undesired or worthless part of, as by critical analysis. |