| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |