| accolade |
an expression or mark of approval; honor; award. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| cosmopolitan |
of, drawn from, or common to all the world or all the peoples of the world. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| realist |
a person who tends to see or present things as they actually are. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| sedulous |
steady and persistent in an action or duty; diligent. |
| superimpose |
to set or lay on top of or above something. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |