| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |