"In" the Know
Lacking the power to move
What is inert?
From the Latin word for money: having little or no money
What is impecunious?
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
What is garrulous?
Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
What is cursory?
An outline of the subjects in a course of study or teaching
What is a syllabus?
Impossible to understand or interpret
What is inscrutable?
From the Latin word for sleep: sleep-inducing
What is somnolent?
tending to talk a great deal, talkative
What is loquacious?
Verbal deception or trickery
What is chicanery?
A beginner or novice
What is a tyro?
To speak or write about with great hostility
What is to inveigh?
From the Latin word for to hold: capable of being held or maintained
What is tenable?
Speech or writing which is indirect or circumlocutory
What is periphrastic?
A lament
What is a threnody?
A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief
What is a neophyte?
Lacking flavor
What is insipid?
From the Latin word for king: a period between kings
What is an interregnum?
What is bombastic?
Publicly denounce
What is decry?
A state of temporary disuse or suspension
What is abeyance?
A period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes
What is an interregnum?
From the Latin word for to follow: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
What is obsequious?
Speech or writing which uses too many words; tediously lengthy
What is prolix?
Strong public criticism or verbal abuse
What is obloquy?
A person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another
What is a proselyte?