| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |