| ambulatory |
able to walk about. |
| cabal |
a small group of people engaged in a secret plot, usually of a political nature. |
| dupe |
a gullible person; one who can be readily misled or fooled. |
| effervescence |
high spirits; excitement; liveliness. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| indiscriminate |
lacking in judgment and discernment; making no distinctions. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| premonition |
an advance sign or warning; forewarning. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |