| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| 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. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |