| chagrin |
embarrassment or humiliation arising from disappointment or failure. |
| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| curvature |
the condition of being bent or rounded. |
| diminutive |
very small; tiny. |
| enfranchise |
to give the rights of a citizen to, especially the right to vote. |
| ignominy |
the condition of being in disgrace or dishonor; humiliation. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| liberality |
an attitude of tolerance and respect for individual differences. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| sanction |
permission for an action; approval. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| untested |
not having been tried or used in a way that would prove or disprove effectiveness or validity. |