| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |