| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |