| affirmation |
the act of affirming. |
| curtail |
to make shorter; cut off part of. |
| desist |
to stop acting in a certain way. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| farce |
anything improbable, absurd, or empty of meaning; mockery; sham. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| impel |
to drive or incite to action. |
| indigence |
lack of means to live; poverty. |
| infringe |
to cross established limits; encroach; trespass (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| innate |
belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| morass |
something that hinders passage or engulfs an unwary person. |
| sheathe |
to put in a tight, protective case. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |
| unpalatable |
not acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |