| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used especially to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |