| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| foray |
a quick raid or sudden advance, usually military and often to take forage or plunder. |
| gingerly |
in a careful or cautious manner; warily. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| ingrate |
an ungrateful person. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| malediction |
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse. |
| miscreant |
evil or malevolent; villainous. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| outmoded |
no longer in keeping with current standards or practices; obsolete. |
| polygamy |
the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time. |
| referent |
anything in the real world or in the imagination that is symbolized or referred to by a word or other symbol. |
| synoptic |
forming a summary or overview. |