| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |