| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |