| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| embody |
to put in a form that can be seen; make real. |
| grandiose |
pretentious or pompous. |
| ignominious |
characterized by or associated with disgrace, dishonor, or shame; humiliating. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| insensible |
without normal sensations; unconscious. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| orientation |
the act or process of preparing oneself or others for a new situation. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| protocol |
the proper or agreed upon way of conducting oneself or of doing something. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| skimp |
to be stingy or very sparing. |
| universality |
the quality, character, or condition of being universal. |