| admonish |
to warn or caution. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| counterbalance |
to balance or offset with an equal force or influence; counterpoise. |
| devoid |
not having something; totally lacking. |
| discernible |
able to be perceived or distinguished. |
| enclave |
a small territory or country mostly or completely surrounded by another. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| hitherto |
until this time; previously. |
| linear |
having to do with a line; straight. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| pitfall |
an unexpected or hidden danger. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, especially an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| rhapsody |
a musical composition having an irregular form suggesting improvisation. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| tensile |
of or relating to tension. |