| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |