| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |