| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |