| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |