assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |