| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |