| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |