| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |