| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |