| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |