| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |