| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |