| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |