| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |