| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |