| dossier |
a set of papers or documents that provide detailed information on a particular person or subject. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. |
| impregnable1 |
able to withstand any attack, as a fortress. |
| incipient |
starting to exist or become apparent; in an early stage of development. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| mettlesome |
spirited or courageous. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| reconstitute |
to put together or form again. |
| rejuvenate |
to restore the vigor, health, or appearance of youth to. |
| sedition |
actions or speech intended or serving to create rebellion against a government. |
| stringent |
rigorous or exacting; strict. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |