| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |