appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |