| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| 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. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |