| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |