| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |