| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |