| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |