| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| censorious |
highly critical or disapproving. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| heartrending |
causing or expressing deep sorrow or anguish. |
| hoodwink |
to trick, deceive, or dupe. |
| indisputable |
not subject to being challenged or denied; unquestionable. |
| inexplicable |
unable to be explained or interpreted. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| monotony |
tiresome lack of variation. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| remonstrance |
the act or an instance of protesting or objecting. |
| subsidy |
direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |