| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |