| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |