| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |