| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |