| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |