| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |