| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |