| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |