| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |