| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |