| amble |
to walk at a slow, easy pace. |
| bureau |
a chest of drawers. |
| delve |
to make a careful, thoroughgoing search, as for information. |
| dire |
causing, likely to cause, or involving terror or suffering. |
| embodiment |
a person or thing that perfectly represents some principle, spirit, or the like; incarnation. |
| eradicate |
to do away with completely; wipe out. |
| excise1 |
a tax levied on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within a nation or state. |
| glower |
to look or stare with sullenness, anger, or animosity; scowl. |
| infusion |
the act, process, or result of infusing. |
| pretense |
an act or instance of pretending; sham or fiction. |
| regulatory |
pertaining to or having the purpose of making or enforcing rules. |
| salvage |
the act of saving property from destruction. |
| sincere |
genuine, true, and not pretended. |
| supposedly |
according to what is believed or said to be true but has not been proven. |
| transient |
brief in duration; temporary. |