| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |