| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| derelict |
failing to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations; remiss. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |