| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |