| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| 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. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |