| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |