| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |