| abrade |
to rub away by friction; erode. |
| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| deferential |
respectfully submissive to the desires, opinions, or judgments of others. |
| expatriate |
one who has gone into exile from or renounced allegiance to his or her native land. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| fabricate |
to construct or create. |
| guise |
external appearance or semblance, especially if deceptive. |
| interdependent |
relying on or needing one another. |
| linguistic |
of or pertaining to language or the study of language. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| preemptive |
of or relating to a strike or attack such as a bid in bridge or a military attack, made in anticipation of or to prevent an opposing strike. |
| reprove |
to criticize, usually mildly, for wrongdoing. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| stolid |
neither feeling nor showing much range of emotion; impassive. |