| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |