| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |