| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |