| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |