| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |