| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |