| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |