| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |