| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |