| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| aloft |
high above the ground. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| cohort |
(often derogatory) a friend or associate. |
| disputatious |
inclined to quarrel or provoke argument. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| profusion |
an abundant supply or display. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| reprieve |
to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. |
| short-term |
covering, lasting, or completed in a short period. |
| soluble |
able to be dissolved. |
| subpoena |
in law, a formal written order summoning a witness to give testimony or requiring that specified evidence be submitted. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |