| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |