| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| stately |
dignified. |