| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| censorious |
highly critical or disapproving. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| erroneous |
containing or based on a mistake; incorrect. |
| filial |
of, concerning, or befitting a daughter or son. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| parry |
to deflect or knock aside (a blow or stroke), as with one's weapon in fencing. |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| unchallenged |
not or not having been questioned, disputed, or contested. |