| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |