| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |