| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |