| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| fop |
a man who is highly concerned with, and often vain about, his appearance and manners; dandy. |
| hew |
to follow or obey strictly. |
| infatuation |
the condition of being deprived of judgment by an irrational or foolish attachment to someone or something. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| lackadaisical |
lacking energy, determination, or enthusiasm; listless or lazy. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| propriety |
proper or appropriate behavior. |
| uninformative |
conveying little or no knowledge or understanding. |