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humoring; lenient; yielding
The indulgent mother bought her son everything |
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to pass into or through; penetrate sneakily.
the troops infiltrated the front lines |
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Inborn
(you have an inherent ability to play games) |
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Having no adverse effect; harmless
(she took my innocuous remarks as an insult) |
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Act or process of creating or introducing new things or ideas
---many people are opposed to innovation because they don't like change |
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to urge on; start or provoke
----the older boy instigated a quarrel between his younger brothers |
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Periodic; occasional
----the pilot watched for an intermittent red light, flashing on and off every 15 seconds |
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unruly; stubborn
---the intractable child wouldn't do what he was told |
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| resulting in an unexpected or contrary manor |
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| Brief and to the point in speaking |
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overly mournful; too sad
----the dog made a long lugubrious howl ---loo-goo-bree-ous |
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| mental disorder causing delusion or gradeur or power |
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