| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| 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. |