| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| discrete |
separate and distinct. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| graphic |
of or related to pictures or writing such as photography, painting, and printing. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or valid; false. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |