| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| 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. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |