accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
copious |
abundant in number or quantity; plentiful. |
enclave |
a small territory or country mostly or completely surrounded by another. |
grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
peripheral |
related but not essential. |
pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
puerile |
immature or silly; childish. |
regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |
rhapsody |
a musical composition having an irregular form suggesting improvisation. |
scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
seemly |
in accord with decency and propriety; suitable; fitting; decorous. |
sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
suffice |
to meet the needs, goals, or the like of; be adequate for. |
zealous |
characterized by, showing, or filled with an intense enthusiasm, as toward a cause, purpose, or activity. |