| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| 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. |