| cognate |
having a common origin, as languages. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| degenerate |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| discreet |
reserved and judicious, especially in talking about or otherwise revealing confidential matters; circumspect. |
| dissuade |
to urge or convince not to do something. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| hypocrite |
a person who pretends to be different or better than he or she really is. Someone who does not act according to his or her stated beliefs is a hypocrite. |
| lateral |
about, from, or toward a side or sides; sideways. |
| manifest |
to show plainly; display; demonstrate. |
| respective |
of or belonging to each one. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| retrograde |
moving or tending to move in a backward direction; retreating. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |