conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
supine |
lying with the face upward. |
topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |