| allude |
to mention (usually followed by "to"). |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| ingratiate |
to seek or secure another's favor or approval for (oneself). |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| rebate |
a part of a payment that is returned. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| sect |
any group, especially a religious group such as a denomination, that is united by a common belief, ritual, or the like. |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. |