| abet |
to incite, encourage, or aid, especially in wrongdoing. |
| admonish |
to warn or caution. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| benevolent |
desiring to do good for others; generous. |
| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| inkling |
a blurry or partial idea or understanding. |
| interminable |
endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long. |
| intractable |
not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded. |
| overbearing |
arrogantly dominating; dictatorial. |
| parry |
to deflect or knock aside (a blow or stroke), as with one's weapon in fencing. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |