| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |