| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |