| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |