| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |