| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |