| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |