| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |