| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |