| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| 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. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |