| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |