| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| stately |
dignified. |