| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |