| cachet |
prestige. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |