| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |