| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |