| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |