| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |