| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| 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. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |