contumacious - stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)
disjunction - act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive
vagary - capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
plenitude - abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty
factitious - artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears
garbled - mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible
assay - analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)
infallible - unerring; never making mistakes
nadir - lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith
substantive - substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues
disjunction - act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive
vagary - capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
plenitude - abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty
factitious - artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears
garbled - mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible
assay - analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)
infallible - unerring; never making mistakes
nadir - lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith
substantive - substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues