| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |