| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |