| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |