| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |