| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |