| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| 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. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |