| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |