| abridge |
to make shorter. |
| chaste |
not having committed fornication or adultery. |
| egotist |
a conceited person; braggart. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| felon1 |
a person who has committed a serious crime, such as murder, rape, or burglary, as opposed to a misdemeanor. |
| focal |
of or relating to focus. |
| hilarity |
noisy or boisterous merriment. |
| pictorial |
pertaining to, made of, or containing drawings, paintings, or photographs. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| sodden |
drenched with liquid; saturated; soaked. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| tepid |
not quite warm; lukewarm. |
| trite |
ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition; commonplace; hackneyed. |