| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |