| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| 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. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |