| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |