| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| fluctuate |
to vary or change irregularly; rise and fall. |
| impale |
to pierce and hold fast with a sharp-pointed instrument such as a spear. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated. |
| morose |
gloomy or sullen. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| sedate |
composed and dignified. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| traduce |
to make malicious or false statements about; slander. |
| tyrannical |
imposing one's will on others by threat or force; despotic; oppressive. |