| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |