| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |