| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| accretion |
the process of gradual increase or growth, especially by additions from the outside. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |