| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| discourse |
verbal communication; conversation. |
| lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
| liability |
the condition of or potential for being held responsible. |
| perseverance |
steadfast continuance in a course of action, task, or belief. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| seemly |
in accord with decency and propriety; suitable; fitting; decorous. |
| substantive |
of or pertaining to the fundamental nature or concerns of something; essential. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |