| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |