| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |