| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |