| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |