| abridgment |
the process or an instance of making shorter or condensing. |
| acolyte |
a person who assists a clergyman in religious services, especially Roman Catholic. |
| brandish |
to wave or shake (something such as a weapon) in a threatening or agitated manner. |
| congruity |
the state or fact of being similar in character or degree;correspondence or fit. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| foreseeable |
capable of being anticipated or predicted. |
| fractious |
inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. |
| jubilation |
a feeling of great joy, pride, and happiness; exultation. |
| legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| occult |
of, pertaining to, or with the aid of the supernatural. |
| recrimination |
an accusation made in response to being accused by another, or the act of countering one accusation with another. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |