| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |