| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |