| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |