| abstraction |
the act of removing or separating. |
| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| incision |
a cut made during surgery. |
| licentious |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, especially with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd. |
| loquacious |
given to talking much or excessively; garrulous. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| retention |
the act or process of maintaining the possession or use of. |
| shard |
a piece of a broken object, especially a fragment of pottery or glass. |
| substantive |
of or pertaining to the fundamental nature or concerns of something; essential. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
| trove |
a collection of valuable or desirable things. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |