| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |