| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |