| abridge |
to make shorter. |
| avid |
having or showing great enthusiasm. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| foreseeable |
capable of being anticipated or predicted. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| importune |
to pester with insistent demands or requests. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| nascent |
coming into being or starting to develop. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| prude |
someone who is extremely or overly concerned with modesty or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| recrimination |
an accusation made in response to being accused by another, or the act of countering one accusation with another. |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. |
| venerate |
to treat or regard with great respect, honor, or reverence. |