| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| callous |
not having kindness; not sensitive; having a hard heart. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| exemplary |
deserving to be imitated or followed; highly commendable. |
| incision |
a cut made during surgery. |
| invoke |
to call out to (a god, muse, or the like) for help, support, protection, or inspiration. |
| mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. |
| proficient |
adept or skilled, usually as a result of study or practice. |
| referent |
anything in the real world or in the imagination that is symbolized or referred to by a word or other symbol. |
| reticence |
the state or quality of being hesitant to speak out; reserve. |
| segregate |
to separate or place apart from others. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| unproductive |
not yielding useful or helpful results; not fruitful. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |