| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |