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convalescent |
(of a person) recovering from an illness or operation |
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forlorn |
pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely |
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insouciant |
showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent |
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groundswell |
a buildup of opinion or feeling in a large section of the population |
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bluster |
talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect |
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inchoate |
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary |
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exult |
show or feel elation or jubilation esp as the result of a success |
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bleat |
speak or complain in a weak, querulous, or foolish way |
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hearken |
listen |
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finagle |
obtain something by devious or dishonest means |
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cruft |
badly designed, unnecessarily complicated, or unwanted code or software |
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corral |
gather together and confine (a group of people or things) |
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throb |
feel pain in a series of regular beats |
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recalcitrant |
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline |
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prescient |
having or showing knowledge of events before they take place |
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newspeak |
ambiguous euphemistic language used chiefly in political propaganda |
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apparatchik |
an official in a large political organization |
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twaddle |
trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense |
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imbroglio |
an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation |
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serenade |
a piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at night under the window of his lover |
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trenchant |
vigorous or incisive in expression or style |
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kerfuffle |
a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views |
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denouement |
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved |
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flagrant |
(of something considered wrong or immoral) shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring |
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perp walk |
an act of walking into or out of a police station, courthouse, etc., that a person in police custody is made to perform for the benefit of the media |
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