| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |