| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |