| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |