| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |