| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |