| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |