nepenthe
/nɪˈpɛn θi/
noun
1 anything soothing and comforting. 2 a drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow (by some supposed to have been opium or hashish)…
cursory
[KUR-suh-ree]
adjective
Hastily or superficially performed.
Stay sober till closing time, when women only give a cursory examination before you’re deemed one-night-stand worthy.
gist
/dʒɪst/
noun
1 the main point. 2 the point on which an action rests…
nebulize
[NEB-yuh-lahyz]
verb
To become vague, or indistinct.
Six shots of Jack and my conversation nebulizes into nothingness.
temerarious
[tem-uh-RAIR-ee-uhs]
adjective
Recklessly or presumptuously daring; rash.
As temerarious as the guy who runs
/ˈtɜr mə gənt/ noun 1 a boisterous, brawling, turbulent person (formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women)…
[OH-shee-ohs] adjective Of no use. The doctor told me I could become otiose if I kept up my Xanax habit, but I persisted that he continue to write me prescriptions.
termagant
otiose