| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| 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. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |