| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |