| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| disconsolate |
hopelessly unhappy; dejected. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| fusion |
the act of fusing or joining together. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| inexplicable |
unable to be explained or interpreted. |
| lenient |
not strict with rules; tolerant. |
| plaintive |
showing or expressing sadness or sorrow. |
| regale |
to entertain or delight, as with humorous tales. |
| salutary |
having or intended to have a beneficial effect. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| tortuous |
changing direction frequently; twisting, winding, or crooked, as a path. |
| vindicate |
to free from an accusation, suspicion, or doubt by indisputable proof. |