| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |