| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |