| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |