| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |