| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| 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. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |