| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |