| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |