| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |