| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |