| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |