| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abide |
to put up with; stand. |
| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |