| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |