| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |