| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |