| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |