| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| 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. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |