| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |