| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |