| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |