| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |