| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |