| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |