abstraction |
the act of removing or separating. |
acclimate |
to become used to new weather conditions or surroundings. |
beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
cadaver |
a dead body, especially one used for medical research or instruction. |
cozen |
to deceive or trick; swindle. |
detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
equestrian |
of or relating to horseback riding. |
expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
redress |
compensation or reparation; amends. |
refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
rote |
unthinking or mechanical routine or habit. |
whimsical |
characterized by or resulting from a sudden desire or fancy. |