| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |