| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |