| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |