| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |