| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| 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. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |