| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |