| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |