| allude |
to mention (usually followed by "to"). |
| elixir |
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| inexorable |
not subject to change by any force or influence; unyielding or unrelenting. |
| innate |
belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| lethargy |
a state of having very low energy with drowsiness and apathy; lassitude. |
| outmoded |
no longer in keeping with current standards or practices; obsolete. |
| pragmatic |
concerned with actual causes and effects rather than abstract theories or ideas; practical. |
| problematic |
presenting difficulties or causing doubt; questionable. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |