| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |