| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |