| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |