| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |