| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |