| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |