appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
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. |
woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |