| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |