| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |