| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |