| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |