| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |