| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| 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. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |