| abet |
to incite, encourage, or aid, especially in wrongdoing. |
| acumen |
superior insight; quickness and shrewdness of judgment, especially in practical matters. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| censorious |
highly critical or disapproving. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| fitful |
occurring at irregular intervals. |
| heretofore |
prior to this time; before now. |
| lewd |
characterized by vulgarity or offensively explicit sexual references; bawdy. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| resurrect |
to restore to life or good standing; raise out of death or disrepute. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |