| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |