| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |