| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |