| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| counterbalance |
to balance or offset with an equal force or influence; counterpoise. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| gainsay |
to deny or contradict. |
| inelegant |
without taste, grace, or refinement. |
| inordinate |
beyond the bounds of reason; excessive. |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| taciturn |
habitually silent and uncommunicative. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |
| variegate |
to make varied or give variety to, especially by making multicolored. |