| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |