| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |