| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |