| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |