annexation |
the act of taking and adding (territory) to one's own territory. |
auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
cite |
to use the words of someone else; quote. |
demure |
quiet, shy, modest, or reserved in manner. |
diffident |
unsure of oneself; shy; demure. |
digress |
to stray from the main topic; ramble. |
facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
profundity |
that which involves great insight or intellectual depth. |
replete |
well-supplied; full (usually followed by "with"). |
stark |
in all respects; total; extreme. |
suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |