advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |