| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| adroit |
skillful with the hands; dextrous. |
| allusive |
abounding in or characterized by indirect references to culture, history, or other works of art, which are to be recognized or understood by the audience. |
| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| atrophy |
a gradual wasting away of a body part, especially from insufficient use or nourishment. |
| conjecture |
the making of a guess or inference, especially with little evidence. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| emend |
to correct or improve (written text), especially by removing errors; edit. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| jurisdiction |
the right or authority to interpret and administer the law. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| traduce |
to make malicious or false statements about; slander. |