| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |