| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |