| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |