| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| muse |
to think about something silently or for a long time. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| psychiatrist |
a medical doctor who treats people with mental and emotional illnesses. |
| servile |
very submissive to another's authority; slavish. |
| slough2 |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |
| stasis |
the state of equilibrium or balance between opposing forces; motionlessness. |