| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |