| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |