| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |