| articulate |
able to speak or express oneself in a clear way. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| devious |
not the straightest, most direct way; winding; roundabout. |
| dirge |
a song or hymn for a funeral or memorial for the dead. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. |
| ingrate |
an ungrateful person. |
| pragmatic |
concerned with actual causes and effects rather than abstract theories or ideas; practical. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
| reinstate |
to put back into a former position, condition, or state of effectiveness. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |