| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |