| articulate |
able to speak or express oneself in a clear way. |
| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| discredit |
to harm the reputation of. |
| eventuality |
something that might happen; contingent occurrence. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| faddish |
relating to or having the nature of a passing fashion or craze. |
| meritorious |
having worth or high quality; deserving of praise or reward. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| rectify |
to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy. |
| restive |
unable to remain at rest; impatient or ill at ease, especially under restraint. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |