| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |