| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| discrete |
separate and distinct. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| irksome |
causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome. |
| jeopardize |
to cause to be in danger or at risk; imperil. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| onslaught |
a forceful, often sudden, offensive maneuver; attack. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| perennial |
lasting throughout the year or for many years. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| quizzical |
expressing doubt, confusion, or questioning; puzzled. |
| reminiscence |
something that is remembered; memory or impression. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |