| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |