blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
engender |
to create or give rise to. |
epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |