| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| 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. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |