drowse

[drouz]

to be dull or sluggish

complacency

[kuhm-pley-suhn-see ]

a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

doting

[doh-ting]

excessively fond

exasperate

[ig-zas-puh-reyt]

to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely

binding

[bahyn-ding]

tying or securing something; obligatory

inset

[in-set]

a small picture or map within a larger one

shambolic

[sham-bol-ik]

very disorganized; messy or confused

core

[kor]

the central or most important part of something

affliction

[uh-flik-shun]

a state of pain, distress, or suffering

beset

[bih-set]

to trouble or surround persistently

annexing

[an-ek-sing]

to add or attach something, especially territory

policy

[pol-uh-see]

a course of action adopted or proposed by an organization or government; a set of principles or rules.

giant

[jy-unt]

an extremely large or powerful being or thing

guts

[guhts]

courage or determination

lugubrious

[loo-goo-bree-uhs]

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

momentary

[moh-muhn-ter-ee]

lasting for a very short time

pusillanimous

[pyoo-suh-lan-uh-muhs]

lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

gurn

[gurn]

make a comically or repulsively ugly face

coleus

[koh-lee-uhs]

any of several old world herbs of the mint family that are widely cultivated for their fragrant, often colorful foliage.

brash

[brash]

confident in an aggressive or rude way

epistemology

[ih-pis-tuh-mol-uh-jee]

a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge

ellipsis

[ih-lip-sis]

omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete.

suffuse

[suh-fyooz]

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

forage

[fawr-ij]

to search about; seek; rummage; hunt