| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |