| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |